Westminster Preaching Conference: Live Panel Part II

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 February 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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It's round two of the preaching conference and the conversation's heating up. As questions crop up from the crowd we have the usual off-the-wall inquiries but most are measured and helpful. It's yet another conversation where we contemplate the call of the minister, the effects of ministry on everyone's life, and the importance of seeking those more seasoned in the pulpit. No matter if you're a minister or lay person, this discussion is an encouragement to all!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird.
0:25.5	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:30.6	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:32.8	Thank you. On this episode of Mordification of Spin, we'll be participating in the second half of the panel discussion at Westminster's Theological Seminary's Preaching Conference.
0:53.1	David, is it, is it possible to make a bad preacher a good preacher?
0:59.6	I hope so, or I'm dead in the water.
1:02.7	What kind of question is that?
1:04.2	My question is, David, are you just superfluous in the body of Christ?
1:08.8	If you could go with that.
1:09.5	No.
1:09.7	He's trying to get me some help, I think.
1:11.5	That's what he's talking about.
1:12.4	I have a friend, I have a question for my friend here.
1:14.3	No, but clearly, preaching can be and should be taught.
1:18.7	Non-preachers can be trained to be preachers.
1:21.6	Absolutely.
1:22.2	But can a bad preacher be taught to be a good preacher?
1:28.5	It doesn't matter to me whether he ever becomes a good preacher,
1:31.7	or it doesn't matter to me whether she ever becomes a really good Bible teacher.
1:35.3	What matters to me is that they make progress in their ability to preach or teach.
1:40.2	That's the apostolic dictum.
1:42.2	Paul says to Timothy that concerning his word gifts that he's supposed to immerse himself
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