It finally happened! I was introduced as an \u201cold timey preacher.\u201d The only time I dislike introductions is when I have to live up to one. So what were they expecting out of me? What is an \u201cold timey preacher\u201d? True, I\u2019m older than most preachers who introduce me these days. Was the introduction because I simply read the scripture and tell the audience what it says (explanation), what it means (application), and what it looks like (illustration)? I do use power point with pictures for clarification purposes, but maybe that\u2019s already an old method. Was the introduction because I still preach 28-30 minute sermons and quit when I\u2019m finished? I realize that the modern method is 45-55 minutes, but if you work at it, you can say just as much in less time. Was it because I believe in leaving the listeners wanting more rather than exhausting the subject, and leaving them tired? Perhaps it was because someone noticed that I didn\u2019t sing some of the worship songs, complete with hand clapping and raising? I\u2019m not opposed to contemporary music, just bad contemporary music. Plus, if I don\u2019t know it, I can\u2019t sing it, no matter how many times you repeat it. Was it because I believe in exegeting the audience as well as exegeting the Scripture? Was it because I believe in talking to God about the people before I talk to the people about God \u2013 call it prayer-driven preaching? If any of these are true, I plead guilty to the introduction of \u201cold timey preacher.\u201d Paul told Timothy, \u201cPreach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching\u201d (2 Timothy 4:2). That too is \u201cold timey.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It finally happened! I was introduced as an \u201cold timey preacher.\u201d The only time I dislike introductions is when I have to live up to one. So what were they expecting out of me? What is an \u201cold timey preacher\u201d? True, I\u2019m older than most preachers who introduce me these days. Was the introduction because…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-morning-manna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discipleallnations.org\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}