But the preachability of a doctrine is determined by its truth, not vice versa, a point made forcefully by Luther in his response to Erasmus. It is also exemplified in the negative by the history of doctrine where the abandonment of the classical doctrine of God has typically led within a generation to doctrines that truly are unpreachable because they are so far detached from historical and biblical Christianity. History seems to suggest that the kerygmatic fallacy ironically lays the foundation for kerygmatic failure. Read more»

Carl Trueman, “The Kergymatic Fallacy” (August, 2018)