tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post772539064214215753..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The preaching craft. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-72601904883196166902014-11-15T09:41:41.190-06:002014-11-15T09:41:41.190-06:00Isn't is sad our sinful selves (mea culpa) lov...Isn't is sad our sinful selves (mea culpa) love the law - the one we create for ourselves? We love to set the standard so that we pass, but those around us don't. It's the reason we don't mind bad law sermons, but hate good Law sermons. They hurt, but the bad ones just cause us to hurt others.<br /><br />I love the metaphor C.S. Lewis uses. When Eustace has become a dragon (through his own sin), Aslan comes and 'cleans him up.' Eustace likens the tearing away of the dragon skin (not just a few scales Eustace scratched off himself) to picking a scab. "It hurts like billy-oh," but when it comes away, it is so wonderful.<br /><br />Good Law preaching hurts like billy-oh, and leaves our flesh raw, pink and tender. But the balm of the Gospel does much good when it hits that tender flesh. It only softens the scab and doesn't change our wound if we apply Gospel on the scabs created by wrong law preaching.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.com