03-10-2008, 11:35 PM
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This is why I said, "Produces". Quote:
Originally Posted by DTK  I don't think Seminaries make/produce preachers. And given the artificial setting in which they attempt to teach homiletics in the classroom setting, I'm not convinced that they are able to prepare students for the pulpit ministry from the standpoint of homiletical studies.
This is not an argument against seminaries, nor should it be construed that I don't like or support them. On the contrary, I think that many of them do a great job of giving men a theological education. I have many delightful memories, and learned many invaluable lessons that I would not have learned otherwise. But I do not think they produce preachers.
I guess I think too much like D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in this respect... Quote: |
What about preaching as such, the act of preaching of which I have spoken? There is only one thing to say about this; it cannot be taught. That is impossible. Preachers are born, not made. This is an absolute. You will never teach a man to be a preacher if he is not already one. All your books such as The A.B.C. of Preaching, or Preaching Made Easy should be thrown in to the fire as soon as possible. But if a man is a born preacher you can help him a little—but not much. He can perhaps be improved a little here and there. Preaching and Preachers, p. 119.
| Now, unlike Lloyd-Jones, I do think that "a born preacher" can improve greatly, especially as he grows and matures, but I do not believe that seminaries produce good preachers.
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