WHATCHU TALKIN BOUT WILLIS?

I grew up when Diff'rent Strokes was a popular television show. That's no big deal unless your last name is Willis. To this day I still hear those famous words popularized by Arnold: "Whatchu talkin bout Willis?" Usually they are uttered by someone looking at me as though I may have never heard it before. Yeah, right! Well this blog is what I (Willis) am talkin bout...my thoughts, observations & opinions. Enjoy...



Saturday, November 07, 2009

Johnny Mac!

"When a man steps into the pulpit more interested in telling us about his week so that he can 'relate' to his people - he is not preaching the Word. When a man seeks to be funny behind the sacred desk rather than faithful with the text - he is not preaching the Word. When a man claims to have a 'word from the Lord' a part from the divine revelation of Scripture - he is deceived and is not preaching the Word. When a man designs his sermons to attract a target audience, appeal to the culture, and has as its primary goal a thirst to be relevent - he is not preaching the Word. When a man strives to change the world through politics, representing America as the new Israel, seeking to bring a societal morality through legislation, and honors the flag equally with the cross - he is not preaching the Word. When a man fails to tremble at God's Word privately before ever preaching it publicly - he is not preaching the Word. And when a man treats the pages of holy writ with a cavalier, seeker-friendly, watered down, cream of wheat irreverence - he is not preaching the Word."


- John MacArthur Jr.

3 comments:

SammyBoy said...

All very true . . . albeit from a man who sees a nearly hyper-Calvinism in the scriptures. It's sometimes confusing to me how a man can be as fine a scholar and preacher as MacArthur, but somehow can't manage to work himself around Acts 2:38.

David H. Willis said...

No doubt! You have to be pretty smart to explain away the obvious and that's not really smart at all!

The Seeking Disciple said...

Despite not agreeing with MacArthur over his Calvinism, the guy does tell it straight. He doesn't back down for what he believes and I admire him for that in an age where people compromise all the time.