Christians as Peacemakers
Mark D. Roberts’ ongoing series on Being Peacemakers in Church.
Mark D. Roberts’ ongoing series on Being Peacemakers in Church.
近日聽到一個信徒,比較自己教會和我教會的講道,有點抱怨地說:
「我還是喜歡聽講道,但你不是講道,你講聖經…」
聽了之後,我也不太懂該怎樣反應。
我明白背後那一大堆「講道要生活化」、「查經可以去主日學」的邏輯道理。也明白今天講道者的不濟,很多時候,實在真的難辭其咎。
我只覺得,今天信徒普遍對講壇信息的要求,既危險,連多麼不合真理也不自知。
危險,因為正正是那些討人喜歡、「頭痛醫頭,腳痛醫腳」的所謂「生活性」講章,造成了今天信徒,個個成了只能給你20分鐘的「聽道植物人」:我們期待講員給我答案,而沒有興趣被信息挑戰去自己從聖經中找答案。
不合真理,是因為坦白一點說,講道的目的是為幫助你認識從聖經中啟示的神的計劃,而不是神在聖經中,說了甚麼去幫助你和你的計劃:是你要怎樣加入神的工作,不是祂要如何配合你。
我們會批評某些傳道、同工講道能力之低,卻漠視自己原來連最基本的聽道目的也攪不清楚。
是否時候,眾教會要認真考慮在初信栽培課程中,加入一堂「聽道學」?
誰說「聽」,不需要學?
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. (Philippians 2:3, ESV)
You become like what you worship. You reflect the one you worship.
Those who keep on blogging
Friends I know through blogging
Those who help me understand what He said
What we think He is saying
What the world is saying
What the world is expressing
We depend so much on technology, yet we hardly care to know anything about it.
Great minds I finished (or gave up) wrestling with
Great minds that demand me to wrestle with
Where they are
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