"Christians are starving for serious biblical content, not the basics of the faith with adult illustrations. If pastors don't preach and teach the text, they don't provide a template for how to study Scripture. If you can't retrace your pastor's sermon in the biblical text after Sunday, you may need to find a mentor somewhere else." Michael S. Heiser, Brief Insights on Mastering Bible Study, Chapter 26
One of the main weaknesses of the topical preaching found in so many pulpits (not to mention the topical teaching in most group study curriculum) is that it rarely sets a biblical passage in its context.
And if the context is never explored, then zero opportunity exists for the teacher/preacher to "provide a template for how to study Scripture".
It seems like many preachers have resigned themselves to be the lone Bible student of the entire congregation. (And then even they get lax about it.)
Me? I may not always hit the mark, but I do strive to model how to think through a text.
It takes effort and strategy to get under the surface of a passage of Scripture to where the deep truth lives.
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