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The following is an old but very important blog post on preaching<\/a> that you should read carefully and prayerfully. <\/p>\n

\u201cBlack preaching\u201d is stereotypically thought to be emotional, even cathartic, rhythmic, centered on suffering and celebration, and ultimately doctrinally shallow. \u201cWhite preaching\u201d is thought to be (stereotypically) largely the reverse: doctrinal, cold, intellectual, etc. . . At least that\u2019s what you\u2019d believe if you believe the cultural stereotypes.<\/p>\n

And nothing, in my mind, has quite done as much damage to the people of God needing to live the culture of God like the false ways of viewing preaching. Too often we think of \u201cblack preaching\u201d and \u201cwhite preaching,\u201d and by that we mean some standard or style of preaching that is acceptable in those human cultures. And attached to these general views of culture and preaching are certain norms for what we think is \u201cgood\u201d preaching in each context. \u201cGood\u201d black preaching produces a whoop and a shout. \u201cGood\u201d white preaching produces . . . what? Knowledge? Emotional stiffness?<\/p>\n

What does this do to our notion of preaching? It severs two essential aspects to good preaching: truth and passion. Good preaching, black or white or brown or yellow, is preaching the truth of the Scriptures with godly zeal . . . preaching the weighty doctrines of God with the weighty movements of the heart that accompany those doctrines. Now any individual preacher may have a different \u201cemotional range\u201d or \u201cdoctrinal range\u201d to work with, but both those things go together in good preaching.<\/p>\n

The practical effect of maintaining this human cultural distinctive where preaching is concerned is that large segments of the family of God are cut off from significant aspects to good preaching. Some are shaped into emotionally boisterous and doctrinally shallow Christians, while others are doctrinally heady and emotionally paralyzed. In the culture of God, we need truth set on fire so that we might be both rooted and grounded in the truth and stirred to compassion, love, and zeal . . .<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a place for great exchange among the people of God for the glory of God. Perhaps some African-American preachers could learn a great deal from some of their white brothers in making their preaching more doctrinally rich and in adopting an expository discipline in the pulpit. And perhaps some white preachers could learn a great deal from some of their African-American brothers about preaching with passion and urgency and seeing and celebrating the application of truth to the real human struggles sitting in their congregations.\u201d \u2013 Thabiti Anyabwile<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The following is an old but very important blog post on preaching that you should read carefully and prayerfully. \u201cBlack preaching\u201d is stereotypically thought to be emotional, even cathartic, rhythmic, centered on suffering and celebration, and ultimately doctrinally shallow. \u201cWhite preaching\u201d is thought to be (stereotypically) largely the reverse: doctrinal, cold, intellectual, etc. . . 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