….let me tell you why I think the lectionary is insufficient for shaping \u201cBiblical Anglicans for a Global Age\u201d\u009d or whatever your vision of discipleship is:<\/p>\n
1. The whole Bible is not read in the Sunday lectionary.<\/p>\n
2. Difficult texts are eliminated from the lectionary.<\/p>\n
3. Controversial texts are eliminated from the lectionary.<\/p>\n
4. Lectionary texts are a set up for preachers to think isogetically about preaching; in the same way, lectionary reading also allows the congregation to go for years without hearing biblical texts in their contexts.<\/p>\n
5. The traditional idea of lectionary preaching from the previous generation makes one of two mistakes. It either only preaches from the Gospel texts thus eliminating the 2 Tim. 3:16 understanding of Scripture. There are people who can go for years or a lifetime without hearing a sermon on the Old Testament. The other mistake of lectionary preaching is to try and force a common thread through the four (or three) readings that does not exist exegetically. For every sermon I preach on a biblical text, there are supporting texts. The lectionary readings tend to force the preacher towards finding that support in the appointed texts.<\/p>\n