Jaspoon

authentic and transparent communication

the value and necessity of authentic and transparent preaching/teaching.

Since later of half of last year, I have this chance to train new preacher in service. I work with new preacher on researching the text, preaching creatively, building meaningful outlines, or pointing people toward the gospel. Yet one of the most important aspect in preaching is to bring all of themselves to a message.

When you preach or teach, you must bring you. Without you in, around, and through the message, you will not impact today’s listener.

The younger audience today has a built in authenticity-meter. You can preach with passion, humor, clever points, or heart-wrenching stories. But if the scriptures haven’t touched your life, the listener will know it—and ignore your well-crafted message.

People want to know:

How has the text Affected you?
How have you failed in the area the Scripture addresses?
What about the text makes you uncomfortable?
What do you feel about what Scripture is saying? (I know our feelings don’t trump scriptural truth, but talking about how we feel about the text can help engage others at a deeper level.)
How are you becoming different because of your study in God’s word?
Which preachers do you listen to that do a good job of brining themselves into the message? How are you learning to “bring you” as a communicator?

so whether we are preaching in service, teaching in CG, sharing in shepherding session, look at the above questions and ponder and helps us to let the bible/scriptures walks through us.

that's the honour that we can teach to 1 or many... God wants to deal with me and change me first before I present the truth to others... then when I present it others, there is power and impact and holy spirit will bring the same transformation in my life to those that I teach and share...

posted by jaspoon @ 3:41 PM