Proclaimer Blog
Your own funeral preaching
Listening to the Bishop of London preaching at Margaret Thatcher's funeral. Readings before from Eph 6 and John 14. But the sermon? It's an exposition of Margaret and her words – very, very little on the Bible passage: in fact, more on TS Eliot than the Bible. What is going on? Preach the text, brother! I mention this not to diss the Bish, but as a challenge to our own funeral preaching – often hard pressed for time, maybe with little or no knowledge of the one who has died. But any preacher could do much worse than following this simple preacher's mantra – "preach the text."