tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021266862340067394.post-28779461773514156622008-03-25T00:11:00.000-04:002008-03-25T00:11:00.000-04:00Brian,<BR/><BR/>I have some questions along with the answers. <BR/><BR/>#1. Who was probably the most successful church planter in the New Testament? Probably Paul.<BR/><BR/>#2 Who’s ministry probably reached more lost people than anyone else’s in the New Testament? <BR/>Probably Paul’s. <BR/><BR/>#3 What did Paul tell the church in Corinth to preach to (everyone) Jews and Greeks alike?<BR/>He told the Corinthian church “We preach Christ crucified.” 1Cor 1: 23-31.<BR/><BR/>#4 Why does Paul recommend preaching Christ crucified?<BR/>Because if we don’t preach Christ crucified our preaching will have no power and no wisdom of God. Without the power and wisdom of God we are wasting our fleshly time and energy and might as well stay in bed on that Sunday mornings. I think any preaching which does not glorify Christ, along with His sacrificial death for our sins (Christ crucified), will not reach any lost people. So how you get the lost people to actually hear the preaching of Christ crucified doesn’t matter as long as it is done decently and in order. 1Cor: 14:40<BR/><BR/>#5 So what’s the big deal about performing a familiar secular song as long as Christ crucified is preached during other parts of the church service?<BR/>I say nothing. I think more lost sheep’s ears and hearts are opened with the honey of one familiar secular song in church than with the droning of some of the old Christian standards. People need to feel comfortable before their ears and hearts will be opened enough to hear the preaching. If they aren’t ready to hear, the preaching will fall on deaf ears. Time for a nap. If you ever heard or seen a lost person saying to the person next to them after hearing a popular secular song in church, “Wow, this place is cool. I like it here,” you will understand what I am trying to say. <BR/><BR/>EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com