Good Sermon is Not a Nonsequiter

Since it's the Sabbath Day here at Bloody Nib Manor it is only right and proper for your faithful correspondent to address matters religious.

In a life of over half a century that can be considered mildly Scaramouche-like, yours has visited a good number of churches. He has even been a member of three of them. In all that time he has heard two good preachers. One was a Presbyterian who managed to talk for twenty minutes on the first five words of the Model Prayer (sometimes called the Lord's Prayer). The other is the Primitive Baptist elder of a church of which yours is a member. In this assessment your correspondent is not including visiting preachers. Only preachers in their own pulpits have been considered.

Most of the preachers your faithful correspondent has heard over the years have been fair to middlin'. During a series of visits to a United Methodist Church yours learned more about the family history and heritage of the preacher than yours knew about his own family history. Not a lot of Bible. A lot of genealogy. During a sojourn at a local Reformed Church one found one turning the pages of one's Bible so many times during the course of the sermon that by the time the sermon finished one forgot where one started. Yours has heard sermons referencing Winnie the Pooh and the comic strip Peanuts (Get Fuzzy would probably be a better choice for modern life) An Anglican priest of your's acquaintance spent more time in his sermons referring to the Caroline Divines than he did to the words of our Lord. Many modern preachers seem to have lost the ability to preach well in their search to fill the pews.

Well, if you're interested in good preaching and have found your local church lacking in such, you might consider checking out this link:SermonAudio.com - faith cometh by hearing.