Carnality in the Pulpit

The proliferation of carnality in the pulpits of our day has reached an epidemic level in our churches today.  A friend of my made the following comments, and I thought they were worth sharing here. The following is from my friend Shannon Dyess:

“I am fed up to my tonsils with pompous peacocks on stages parading as crude, foul-mouthed miscreants, who want to throw out all of what was in the church’s past and bring in something new and shocking. Music that pulsates the world’s moods, and methods that excites the passions but projects a high view of man and a low view of God.

We do not need some know-it-all, cool dude in a cheap T shirt and faded jeans palavering to gain our admiration. We need some men that have spent time alone in the presence of God to get a message from Him instead of splashing all week in the cesspools of Hollywood and the pornography of the media. Men who will stand in the power of the spirit of God exalting the sovereign God of heaven, preaching the texts of Scripture and pointing sinners to the only Savior, Jesus Christ, in a spirit of meekness and compassion warning all of accountability to the coming King and Judge.”

I will say “Amen” and “Preach It!” to Shannon’s comments.  May the Lord raise up preachers and pastors who learn to walk with God and give themselves to the study of the word.