…For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

A simple word study on “preach” vrs “teach” adds a good deal of clarity. How can we expect to have the “connection” outside of transformed lives being witnessed by the congregation?

Try this; have your congregants labor to bring two lost souls each with them to a Sunday AM service and you PREACH like hell was tomorrow with no further chances and view all these first timers as your own children,and you’re their only hope and then let someone get saved at an old fashioned alter (yes that means a real invitation) with real tears of repentance and sorrow for their sin against God followed by the peace that passes all understanding displayed across their countenance, concluded by an invite for the crowd to come down and welcome the converts into the fold and that infectious “connection” becomes real.

Too much pride, too much flesh, and way too much appeal to the people rather than the God of the people is where the failure originates.
And may I add that the resurgence of the “Reformed” think tank is nothing more than a cowards way of dealing with the lack of results ~~ remove the responsibility and the guilt diminishes .
No guts, no converts. No converts, no excitement.

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

The greatest truth you can covey is “This man receiveth sinners”,

May our God move you and bless you as you follow the old book, preacher.

Don Sivyer

Diana Sulzer