Preaching today is ‘like hot food on a cold plate’

en staff  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Nov 2023
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Preaching today is ‘like hot food on a cold plate’

Left: Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Right: Bill James

Preaching today is too often ‘like hot food served on a cold plate,’ says a member of the FIEC’s new theology team.

Bill James, Principal of London Seminary, joins Paul Mallard, Sarah Allen, Yannick Christos-Wahab, Jon Gemmell and Martin Salter in the group, which the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches says aims to provide ‘clear resources which will deepen our understanding and equip us to address pastoral needs and respond to contemporary challenges’.

In comments sent to en, James states: ‘When I was young, I remember having a profound sense of the presence of God when listening to sermons. I was brought up in Westminster Chapel and was part of the congregation that Doctor Martyn Lloyd-Jones ministered to until he retired in 1968. While I was only a child and had limited understanding, the experience left an enormous impression on me at the time and has impacted my life ever since.

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