Preaching is Always Effective

Preaching is Always Effective

by | Apr 6, 2011 | Preaching

Even when preaching the Word of God does not soften and save and heal, it is not necessarily ineffective.  This preaching of the Word may be doing God’s terrible work of judgment.  It may be hardening people, and making their ears so dull that they will never want to hear again. . . . Don’t be cavalier in the hearing of God’s Word week after week.  If it is not softening and saving and healing and bearing fruit, it is probably hardening and blinding and dulling. John Piper, “Take Care How  You Listen,” Part 1, Part 2 – quoted in Expository Listening, Ken...