Anthony Carter is preaching at MVBC this Sunday Morning. He is the pastor of East Point Church right here in Atlanta. He visited MVBC a couple of years ago, and I'm very glad that he's coming back to preach from 1 Corinthians 13. He sermon is entitled, "The Supremacy of Love."
Tony has produced a number of books including Experiencing the Turth: Bringing the Reformation to the African-American Church. He has thought a great deal about preaching. Here he encourages all churches to reclaim biblical truth in the Christian pulpit:
During the Reformation, the Protestant church developed five key phrases that defined the biblical faith. These five phrases have since served as a rallying cry for biblical Christianity. They are sola Scriptura (Scripture alone), solus Christus (Christ alone), sola fide (faith alone), sola gratia (grace alone), and soli Deo gloria (glory to God alone). These five phrases are not the sum total of the Christian faith, but they can serve as a worthy reminder and adequate guideline for the content of our preaching. One of the glorious ways in which the light of biblical truth could shine upon the Christian pulpit in general and teh African-American pulpit in particular would be for the light of the Reformation to be recovered in our pulpits. This could principally be done through a conscious consideration of the five solas in our preaching. Biblical, Reformed, experiential preaching will take them all into account. To do so faithfuly can do nothing but enhance and strengthen the preacher and the congregation.
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