Issue 10 Preaching through AdversityBlog | Preaching and Pain
Preaching and Pain
Author: Andy PeckPost Date: 18.03.17
Any preaching worth its salt needs to connect the preacher’s world and experience with that of her audience. When that connection happens, especially when infused by the Spirit and rooted in the Word, then a potentially life changing sermon encounter occurs.
Preaching through adversity is one of those contexts in which such life changing encounters often occur. However, such preaching is almost always hard work. Sometimes preachers are required to preach through their own adversity. I recall preaching at my father’s funeral. My father died unexpectedly under unusual circumstances. He disappeared from home in the middle of the night and two days later his body was discovered washed up on a beach. To this day, we still don’t know the precise circumstances surrounding his death.
