Preaching: It Starts with Preaching

Julian Freeman · Series: The Great Commission Work of the Local Church

The big idea

Why do we spend so much of our weekly time together listening to one person reading and talking? Isn’t this mode of communication out-dated? Aren’t there better ways for a church to communicate and engage with our culture? In 1 Timothy 4 Paul insists that for a local church, her dedication to reading and preaching the Word of God is of paramount importance for salvation.

Outline

For a local church to fulfill the Great Commission, it must be devoted to expository preaching because:

We Have an Explicit Command
We Have an Established Tradition
We Have an Expectation of Salvation