Can Preachers Make an Impact in a Post-Christian World?

Theology Can Preachers Make an Impact in a Post-Christian World? Herman Bavinck’s advice to 19th century pastors still holds true today. James Eglinton

In post-Christian Britain—a culture where few people listen to any kind of public speaking, sacred or secular—Rev. Michael Curry’s royal wedding sermon succeeded in capturing the public imagination in a way that few had expected. For many Brits, the royal wedding’s most unexpected outcome was that a sermon, of all things, could spark a national conversation on race. “Who would have thought,” the response went, “that preaching could actually be engaging?” ...

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