Been awhile

It's been a while, but I just didn't want to write stuff because I had to. I wanted to write because there have been God moments in my life.

The Summer months have been filled with a study through Romans and it's been amazing to saturate my mind in it and to allow my heart to be wrenched from the inside out in regards to the greatness of the Gospel.

Something that I've been realizing and felt a conviction over the past several weeks...

My goal is not to convey how much I studied throughout the week. Sermons should not be lectures. It's pretty clear that when you look up synonyms for 'sermon', you're not going to find lecture anywhere near it. In Christendom, sermons have ranged from heavy theological lessons to fluffy feel good self-help anecdotes.

I'm not of the camp that sermons should deviate from good exegesis and solid theological extraction. I'm not of the camp that sermons should be "Chicken Soup for the Soul" types of speeches either. Sermons should be the communication of God's word through a real human agent who has experienced and is experiencing God's living presence in their heart and lives.

I feel that I can only preach what God has been teaching me and what I've been experiencing. I would rather be real and authentic, than an empty voice.

Lord, may I know you more and guide others to know you more.