The single most important reason to choose a church is the nature and character of its preaching and teaching.

Where you have strong biblical preaching and teaching, everything else tends toward strength.

Where you do not have strong biblical teaching and preaching, everything else is weak and tends toward shallowness.

Welcome to Grace to You, the Bible teaching ministry of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

We live in a society enamored with soundbites, video reels, and endless scrolling through social media.

But should that affect the way churches reach their audiences?

What is the pastor's most important role in the current culture?

John MacArthur begins answering those questions today as we launch a week-long focus on critical issues related to the church, the one institution that God promised to build. Later this week, you'll hear a compelling message called

Why I Love the Church, and starting today is a series that answers the question,

why is preaching worth fighting for? Now, grouping this material together certainly

makes sense. There is a clear connection between loving the church and preaching God's word,

but that connection is often lost on people, and the results are troubling. Here's what John

had to say about that. Yeah, preaching, and by preaching, I mean preaching the word,

preaching the word rightly divided, handling the word of God accurately, which comes down to be an

expository preacher. Expository preaching, we talk about that. People might not understand that word.

Expository simply means to explain something. It doesn't mean to expose something. That's a different verb. It means to explain the word. Expository simply means to explain something. It doesn't mean to expose

something. That's a different verb. It means to explain the word of God. So the preaching that God

honors is the preaching that explains the word of God. What is the meaning of the word of God?

So as a preacher, you're saying, all right, here's the Word of God. This is what it says.

And the next thing is, this is what it means.

And the next thing is, this is what it implies in your life.

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