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The perilous and promising pulpit

"Before there is faithful preaching, there is faithful listening," writes Thomas G. Long.

Photo by Mitchell Leach on Unsplash

When Russell Moore, the editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, was interviewed recently on NPR, he told a chilling story about preaching. A number of pastors, he said, had reported to him essentially the same experience. They would be preaching on a passage like the Sermon on the Mount, including sayings such as “turn the other cheek,” “blessed are the merciful” or “love your enemies,” only to find themselves sharply attacked at...

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