The following is my reply to an email that was sent to me today.
I have decided to send it out to show the baseless defence of LMI’s activity that some Christians are ready to offer.
I believe it fair to say that a lack of a proper knowledge of God’s Word and a misunderstanding of it, gives rise to such a defence. It is to be expected that shallow, casual teaching of what men ‘think’ the Bible says leads to disciples with the same misconceptions of God’s truth.
That is to be seen all over the ‘evangelical world’ today. Shallowness in the pulpit cannot do anything but produce even greater shallowness in the pew.
It is commonly reported that some young preachers obtain their ‘pulpit messages’ by going to the internet and downloading what others have said — not all of them the most orthodox, it must sadly be said!
How far removed is such preaching from that marked by the introduction so often used by the prophets and the inspired description of that proclaimed by the apostles!
“Thus saith the LORD,” Exodus 7:17.
“Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also,”Acts 15:35.
Sincerely in Christ’s name,
Ivan Foster
20th August 2024.
Dear xxxxxxxxx,
You have raised a number of matters in your email.
I will attempt to answer them though I serious doubt if you will be satisfied with my reply. (more…)
(18th August, 2024 — Annual Day of Prayer marking the beginning of the witness — August 17th 1974)