God's Word and Man's Myths

Abstract

"The real problem of preaching is how to be faithful to the Word of God and relevant to human life now—both at the same time—in other words, how to be in the world but not to be ofthis world. Whenever preaching attempts to be relevant by conforming to the world, it has no more relevance than a mere rhetorical exercise. On the other hand, whenever preaching attempts to be faithful to the Word of God by simply repeating seemingly biblical concepts, it is a far cry from the Word that became flesh. The only way for preaching to be relevant is by being faithful to the Word of God; and the only way for it to be faithful is by being relevant to life in the world today"