Whether to preaching with a newspaper in one hand

Christians in America should have been outraged about the greed and foolishness and evil in our country for four days, four years, for forty years, and for four hundred years. If your church does not speak the truth as its normal practice, find a new church.

https://twitter.com/sullivanamy/status/1348119954214817795

Agreed:

Please try to refrain from telling pastors what they should or shouldn't say this morning. Pastors of politically mixed congregations face exceedingly difficult decisions. On any given Sunday, half the people are always mad at them. Pray instead for wisdom & courage. But do pray.

— W. David O. Taylor (@wdavidotaylor) January 10, 2021

A couple tweets here on scheduling topics to preach vs. preaching on the topic of the day:

And because of that, I have changed how I approach the whole topic, asking if the Black church might have something to teach other church traditions about holding on to the truth in a world determined on a weekly basis to lie to and discourage you. https://t.co/GWqwk5BMwW

— Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) January 10, 2021

Ed Stetzer is trying to say something similar to David Taylor and I. (We all train pastors). It is the long term witness of the church and pastor that is crucial—not just one week taking a stand.

https://twitter.com/edstetzer/status/1348117397652316162?s=19

Every week. Not just one week.

Florida pastor to his peers 👇🏽 https://t.co/jQF7OvmPXp

— Michelle Boorstein (@mboorstein) January 10, 2021

Some of these are good. It is also fair to chuckle about the diplomatic. And to shine light on the "seeking to justify oneself" language. Again, the goal is to be pastors who preach truth every week—cumulatively it makes a difference and people change.

https://twitter.com/MelissaFloBix/status/1348279409732694016?s=19

This is where the people who are saying "preach boldly today" are coming from:
https://twitter.com/publicroad/status/1348279027287674888?s=19
But pastors should have been preaching truth for years.

But if seeing the stupidity this week was when their eyes were opened, great. Proceed with sharing that.

Yes, instead: truth week after week after week.

https://twitter.com/tcburkejr/status/1348245994731941888?s=19

My wife preached a phenomenal sermon in December on King Herod.
https://twitter.com/AndyRowell/status/1340712909094203394?s=19
And another 🔥 on “Do whatever he tells you” (John 2:5) today.
https://youtu.be/GuMVaMo7Vnw
The Scripture texts were chosen months ago.

2019:

But there still should be from white evangelical pastors fiery sermons from the biblical text about the destruction and cruelty caused by lying, deceit, and greed by the powerful, and how Christians are to stand up for the truth and for the vulnerable.

— Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) January 13, 2019

Thread above on preaching with reference to the news.

Note this significant comment.
https://twitter.com/flemingrut/status/1349015023507689472?s=19

I learned about Fleming Rutledge from New Testament scholar Richard Hays saying that she was his favorite preacher. And Hays does not give out praise lightly.

Originally tweeted by Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) on January 10, 2021.