Ep. 59 - Authority in Preaching, The Magician’s Twin, Hamartia

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Canon Press

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 September 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Welcome to the Plodcast! Today Pastor Wilson address’ Authority in preaching, claiming that many modern preachers are coiling away from their authority in the pulpit. Next he plods on to review “The Magician’s Twin” and finishes things off with a look at Hamartia in James. Happy Plodding! Show Notes: Authority in Preaching: When a man is in the pulpit, he is not there as a representative of himself but of God He is speaking for God Many modern preachers coil away from this When modern preachers talk about themselves on stage we think they are humble But when preachers preach as though they themselves are irrelevant we think they are proud The Magician’s Twin: About C.S. Lewis’ view of science and scientism A number of Lewis scholars wrote many essays for this These essays are showing how Lewis’ prophetic insights decades before are extremely relevant today All the essays are superb Lewis is too often thought of as an avuncular storyteller but should actually be thought of as a fiery prophet Hamartia: Looking at hamartia in James Used 6 times: James 1:15 (2x), 2:9, 4:17, 5:15, 5:20

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0:00.0	Yes, God, God. God don't never change.
0:18.0	Welcome to Plodcast, episode 59.
0:21.0	Good to have you here.
0:22.0	Thanks for being so patient. Thanks for listening. Thanks for tagging along. So I want in this opening segment I want to talk a little bit about authority in preaching.
0:35.0	In 1st Peter 411 it says that the one who speaks should speak as though he's
0:40.8	uttering the very oracles of God.
0:45.0	And this sets up an interesting dilemma for preachers.
0:49.3	The dilemma has to do, as all profoundly spiritual dilemmas have to do with is a choice between
0:56.4	following the word of men and the word of God. When a man gets up into the pulpit, he is not there as a representative of himself,
1:09.2	and he's not there as a representative of the people. He's not there, even as a representative of the people. He's not there even as a representative of
1:15.4	the session of elders. A man gets up into the pulpit in order to declare
1:20.6	thus saith the Lord. He has to say that this is what God wants you to
1:26.2	hear this morning. Now many many modern preachers have been trained to recoil away from this to say, oh, I don't know about that.
1:42.0	Because it seems so arrogant if you stand up in the pulpit and say
1:46.6	thus saith the Lord if you stand up in the pulpit and says and say I have a message to you
1:52.3	from God.
1:54.0	Somebody is going to say, who are you to give us a message from God?
1:59.0	Who do you think you are?
2:01.0	If you stand up as though you're a herald of Almighty God and say this is
2:06.4	what God wants you to know and I know what it is and I'm about to tell you, somebody's
2:11.5	going to say who died and left you King. you,
2:15.0	somebody's going to say, who died and left you king? The answer is that Jesus died, and he rose,
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