January 21, 2007
“˜Preaching?” or “˜Sharing?”
By Gary Weedman At the North American Christian Convention, June 28, 2006, a friend of mine responded wistfully to Steve White”s morning sermon, “Together in Faith”: “That”s the first doctrinal sermon I”ve heard in years.” My friend, a lifelong member of the Christian church, a former Bible school teacher and elder, attends worship regularly, so I found his observation surprising. I had not seen anything that unusual about Steve”s sermon. Having been a member for some years of the Plainfield Christian Church where Steve ministers, I had become accustomed to such substantive preaching from him. But it did make me
