How Would You Describe "MEAT" Preaching?

[Revelationist]

Meat preaching and teaching is when the imagery is explained, backed with scriptural evidence.

[Abiding Now]

Some good posts here.

IMHO sometimes so called MEATY preaching is a lot of suppositions about "prophecy". Over the years I've heard every flavor of "prophecy" preaching/teaching. Some were to scare the debil out of the listeners , some were based on 100 year of themes of Trinitarians and some were just outrageous (the sons of God in Genesis were aliens ). but they all had one thing in common...folks thought the preacher was DEEEEEEP!

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Some good posts here.

IMHO sometimes so called MEATY preaching is a lot of suppositions about "prophecy". Over the years I've heard every flavor of "prophecy" preaching/teaching. Some were to scare the debil out of the listeners , some were based on 100 year of themes of Trinitarians and some were just outrageous (the sons of God in Genesis were aliens ). but they all had one thing in common...folks thought the preacher was DEEEEEEP!

People commonly confuse depth with intellectualism, which can be very whacky too.

People think if you have a good memory and can follow a complex series of thoughts and follow the reasoning, then you are deep. I heard a set of tapes years ago announced by the minister as MEAT and DEEP, and not for young believers. I heard it and realized he mistook depth for complex memorized series of thoughts. It was not "deep". Intellectual? Yes! But far from deep. True depth does not require intellectualism. The disciples were ignorant fishermen who were astounding people with spiritual depth. The intellects missed it, though!

[Abiding Now]

Originally Posted by mfblume

People commonly confuse depth with intellectualism, which can be very whacky too.

People think if you have a good memory and can follow a complex series of thoughts and follow the reasoning, then you are deep. I heard a set of tapes years ago announced by the minister as MEAT and DEEP, and not for young believers. I heard it and realized he mistook depth for complex memorized series of thoughts. It was not "deep". Intellectual? Yes! But far from deep. True depth does not require intellectualism. The disciples were ignorant fishermen who were astounding people with spiritual depth. The intellects missed it, though!

Absolutely!

[Revelationist]

I don't consider Doctrine teaching deep...

[thephnxman]

Originally Posted by Revelationist

I don't consider Doctrine teaching deep...

Depends on the doctrine, and to whom it is taught.
Teaching on the "...work of the ministry..." might be a little heavy for those who
are not yet weaned from milk and honey; so also might teaching on "...the perfection
of the saints..." be a little heavy for those who have barely learned how to fight the
good fight of faith. Then there are those who are so deep in "prophecy", only they can
understand what they are saying, or need "...tongues..." with the interpretation
thereof from the Holy Spirit!

[Abiding Now]

Originally Posted by thephnxman

Depends on the doctrine, and to whom it is taught.
Teaching on the "...work of the ministry..." might be a little heavy for those who
are not yet weaned from milk and honey; so also might teaching on "...the perfection
of the saints..." be a little heavy for those who have barely learned how to fight the
good fight of faith. Then there are those who are so deep in "prophecy", only they can
understand what they are saying, or need "...tongues..." with the interpretation
thereof from the Holy Spirit!

I believe we might have heard the same fellas.