tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657772.post112205313088032225..comments2023-07-25T10:52:13.925-05:00Comments on Because I said so: 10 Commandments and Expository Preaching...Chris Meirosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05717903860701408008noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657772.post-1122100654839275552005-07-23T01:37:00.000-05:002005-07-23T01:37:00.000-05:00Well it is of course a bit difficult to speak for ...Well it is of course a bit difficult to speak for Dr. Ryken, but I'll give you my thoughts anyhow.<BR/><BR/>I think the law is useful, especially when dealing with the unchurched and unbelieving. I'm not talking about the beat you over the head turn or burn usage of the law though. I think one of the dangers of our society (and probably every pagan society in the history of the world) is the general celebration of sinfulness. We can even read of it in the Old Testament. Many people know what they are doing is at some level wrong, but because it is tolerated they continue on doing it. I used to be in that group. I enjoyed my sin. This of course changed when I began to understand who God is, and how this grieves Him. I had to come to the place (or God brought me to the place)where I couldn't do it myself, and where I had come to terms with the depths of my sinfulness before I could understand my need for Christ. The Law is useful for convicting, and then you deliver the Grace of the Gospels. Certainly this is just one method, but it is an effective method IMHO. I don't think Ryken is talking about legalism and things of that sort.<BR/><BR/>So I don't know if that answers your question, but maybe it'll cause more thought.<BR/><BR/>Big ChrisChris Meirosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717903860701408008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8657772.post-1122090429244325132005-07-22T22:47:00.000-05:002005-07-22T22:47:00.000-05:00Amen to Dever's quote. Regarding Ryken's: I am o...Amen to Dever's quote. Regarding Ryken's: I am often confused by some who advocate preaching "the law" because we are a lawless society and do not know what God requires. Deuteronomy 10:12-11:1 (along with Deuteronomy 6:4-5, etc.) is THE law and explicitly details what God requires, and more notably, why He requires it. Is this aspect of preaching the law what Ryken has in mind?Bret Capranicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664375981043603874noreply@blogger.com