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David Fitch writing in “Out of Ur” 3 Myths About Preaching Today, suggesting that a new kind of preaching is needed for our post-Christian culture. The myths he describes are…

Myth One: If You Preach a Good Sermon the Church Will Grow.
Fitch suggests that this is a dying myth in our post-Christendom situation. “Post-Christian people are not attracted to the sermon as the first place to go in their spiritual distress.”

Myth Two: Who You Preach To is Who You Will Reach.
The idea that preaching to an unbelieving audience will attract an unbelieving audience is misguided.

Myth Three: The Goal of Preaching is to Make the Bible Relevant.
“If anything … far from trying to make the Scriptures relevant, the goal of preaching is to make everything else irrelevant.”

Fitch isn’t against preaching, but he is against a kind of preaching that twists itself into an unrecognizable shape in its attempt to satisfy an unbelieving world.

The many comments appended to the article are worth reading as well!