Comments on: Thoughts on God’s Law, Part I

By: brad

brad — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:06:08 +0000

I’m a pca pastor on the west coast of Florida about 50 miles north of tampa.

I don’t quite remember how I stumbled onto this blog, but I do enjoy reading.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:17:15 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement, Brad. Where are you a pastor?

By: brad

brad — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:17:09 +0000

Bryce – Thanks for your thoughts.

Some opinions of my own – we hear so much of this preaching today because I actually believe it is what people want to hear. We want to know how and if we are doing it right. So as you said we make the law attainable and when we do we cheapen sin and when we cheapen sin we cheapen grace and when we cheapen grace we cheapen Christ (great and perfect law keeper).

As a preacher I ask myself this question as I prepare (knowing only the Spirit can produce this work). When I’m done preaching do I and those who have listened sense that Christ is more beautiful and my need of Him greater then when we began worship.

Thanks again for your excellent thoughts – they minister and encourage me.

The bad news is the good news -

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:23:49 +0000

Awesome post, Bryce

By: Manders

Manders — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:41:40 +0000

A loud and hearty “Amen!” to this. I’m getting so frustrated with hearing pastors tell their congregations what they should be doing without saying what Christ has already done–it’s no wonder people get so spiritually burnt-out. It’s like pre-Reformation times all over again.