Monday, August 10, 2009

Biblically Faithful Ministry

Over at Between Two Worlds they linked to a story in Christianity Today about David Platt. Platt is a Pastor in Birmingham, Alabama. Here's how he's described:

"David Platt has preached for seven hours straight. He can recite Romans 1-8 on the spot. He delivered the most powerful sermon in the history of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference. People brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that his shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
Okay, so the last item was Peter, not Platt. But enthused congregations are raving about the pastor of the Church at Brooks Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. Three years into his pastorate,
David Platt is still only 30 years old. He earned his M.Div. and Ph.D. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where he served as assistant professor of expository preaching and apologetics."

Preaching for seven hours? That sounds about right.

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