Preach what you know, like, why get up, if you're the pillar on the ground, the church
the pillar on the ground, the truth, then you, if you preach something that you're not
certain about, that's like the biggest mistake that you can possibly make.
And just preach the Bible, the Bible's so interesting, and people came to hear the Bible,
and I feel like a lot of young preachers, what they really want is a clickbait sermon
that's going to go viral, and so they're trying to figure out how to preach some like hobby
course issue, some unique cool thing, or some really hot topic, or whatever, and the sermons
that I really like, from guys that are preaching by my pulpit, or guest preachers, or young
preachers, or whatever, is when they just find something in the Bible and preach it.
And I think sometimes they get intimidating, thinking like, oh, it won't be interesting,
or it won't be jazzy, or cool, or whatever, but honestly, that's the reason why I hired
Dylan, is because when he came, he preached two really basic sermons that were just straight
from the Bible.
Because if he had came and preached a bunch of clickbait stuff, I wouldn't have even wanted him.
Or exotic things.
Yeah, like things that aren't even sure, or clear, or biblical, or just your opinion, or like...
And like, obviously, we want to make the Bible relevant.
I'm not saying you don't apply things to today, but what I am saying is you don't want to get
behind the pulpit and say something that you're going to regret in the future, or something
that's not true.
I mean, people hang on every word, and people will make life-altering decisions based on
what's preached behind the pulpit.
And so it's important to just make sure whatever you're saying is what God's saying.
Yeah, and don't set out to be different.
You know, I think that's one of the biggest mistakes, is like, wanting to be different.
It's immature to want to be different.
When I started Faithful Word Baptist Church, I never thought like, all right, this church
is going to be different than any other church.
And I'm starting this new movement.
Now, here's the thing.
You know, I actually did kind of end up starting a movement, but I never set out to be thought
of as different, or new IFB, or whatever.
That's the way it happened.
But I could never have predicted that the old IFB would just become a bunch of fag-loving
idiots.
Like, that wasn't my...
I didn't do that.
I didn't leave them.
They left me, okay?
And yeah, exactly.
And the thing is, you know, I never set out to be different.
My goal was always just to be another Baptist pastor.
I just wanted to be a Baptist.
I didn't want to...
I never was like, I want to be the best, or I want to be cool, or different, or big, or
whatever.
I just always wanted to be a Baptist pastor.
That's it.
That's all I ever set out to do was just to be a pastor, you know?
Now, I ended up, you know, standing out from others, but not by choice.
It was only because the room got so dark that, like, my preaching glowed a little brighter
or something.
But that's never the intention.
Because if you set out to be different, or you're going to kind of found something new,
or you're going to just blow the lid on this new doctrine, you know, that's a really bad
goal to have.
And so if it happens, great.
But don't ever set out for that.
You know, just get up and desire to preach the truth, and be faithful, and to be a good
preacher.
But you know what?
It's not about being the best, or better, or...
It's not a competition.
It's just about being you and being faithful.
And so make sure you don't get that weird attitude that's just like wanting to be different.
It's like the kids dying their hair purple and green and stuff.
That's basically...
That's you if you want to be different.
It's the same maturity.
Some guys get up and preach a sermon, and through the spiritual glasses, they just dyed
their hair green is what they did.
And they just look like an idiot.
And here's the thing.
I didn't want to even make a huge deal about the rapture or something.
But it's just like the old IFB made that a big issue.
They're the ones who pushed that so hard.
Because I don't think it's a big deal.
I don't break fellowship over that.
If people are pre-trib, it's fine with me.
Yeah.
I mean, again, when it comes to writing sermons, I'll write sermons where I'll spend like
20 hours on a sermon trying to come up with this kind of nuanced thing or something that's
really interesting to me.
And then my other sermon is like one that's just kind of a wheelhouse sermon, something
I'm already really familiar with.
And it's really easy to put together.
And that's the one that probably does more compliments and things.
Great or whatever.
Or like I have a checklist of all the sermons.
I feel like I just need to preach.
I was just like, I heard the baptism, but I was not excited about it.
But I preach it.
And then the next week, six people get baptized.
Yeah.
And it's like, look, don't break what's not broken.
The King James Bible is not broken.
The fundamentals aren't broken.
We're fundamental Baptist Church.
The best thing you can do is learn what the Bible actually says and teach the Bible.
Preach the basics.
I mean, what about what I just preached an hour ago?
I mean, wasn't that kind of basic?
You know what I mean?
Like, hey, be willing to die for Christ.
I mean, you just preach something basic.
Yeah.
Just take one.
And look, you have one idea, one cohesive idea.
Like 10 verses that had the same.
And I just kept talking about it.
And he just kept talking about bringing it into life and using obviously the wealth and
knowledge he has from the Bible.
But at the end of the day, anybody in this room could have preached that sermon.
Yeah, absolutely.