Who
knew that reading a magazine could be so dangerous?<\/p>\n
I
recently read about a dust-up among our British cousins involving advice given
in a magazine. It seems that the February edition of Trail – the
top-selling hiking magazine in the UK – had an article about how to descend
safely if caught in bad weather on Ben Nevis in Scotland, Britain’s tallest
mountain.<\/p>\n
A
worthy topic, to be sure. Except that the advice given in the article, if followed,
would result in a lengthy fall. It seems that the directions offered in Trail
would lead the hiker straight off a cliff on the north face of the 4,406-foot
mountain.<\/p>\n
Oops.<\/p>\n
The
editor was very apologetic, explaining that the publication had inadvertently
omitted a couple of crucial steps in getting off the peak. Which would result
in one really long step for the hiker who followed their advice.<\/p>\n
And
apparently it’s not the first little boo-boo for Trail. Last year,
the magazine was criticized by mountain rescue teams for claiming that three
popular hiking routes were snow-free during the winter.<\/p>\n
All
of which got me to thinking about possible Preaching
articles that might be dangerous for our readers. Such as:<\/p>\n
\nPutting
Them in Their Place:
10 Sermons That Show Your Deacons Why They Are Demon-Possessed<\/p>\nLiving
on the Edge:
Why Not Start Your Sermon Preparation over Breakfast next Sunday?<\/p>\nKeeping
Their Priorities Straight:
Begin Your Next Revival on Super Bowl Sunday Night<\/p>\nCrafting
the 18-Point Sermon<\/p>\nThe
Purposeless-Driven Sermon:
Who Said it Had to Go Anywhere?<\/p>\n10
Snappy Comebacks When Your Organist Gets Grumpy<\/p>\nMore
of a Good Thing:
Why Your Church Will Enjoy a 90-Minute Sermon Now and Then<\/p>\nMore
Time for Golf!
Why Spend Hours in the Study When You Can Preach Those Ogilvie, Swindoll and
Lucado Sermons That Are Already on Your Shelf?<\/p>\nThe
Weakest Link:
Sermon Application Gets Specific When You Name Names<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nAt
any rate, we promise not to give you any of that bad advice in our preaching
articles. However, in our new cooking section . . . <\/p>\n___________________________<\/p>\n
Michael
Duduit is the Editor of Preaching magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nShare This On:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who knew that reading a magazine could be so dangerous? I recently read about a dust-up among our British cousins involving advice given in a magazine. It seems that the February edition of Trail – the top-selling hiking magazine in the UK – had an article about how to descend safely if caught in bad … Continue reading “Oops. Let Us Rephrase That . . .”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}