{
  "id": "MTOM-0076",
  "title": "Topical preaching that never lets a text rule the message",
  "slug": "topical-preaching-that-never-lets-a-text-rule-the-message",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/topical-preaching-that-never-lets-a-text-rule-the-message/",
  "category": "Worship and Spiritual Formation",
  "severity": "2",
  "summary": "Topical preaching becomes dangerous when topics govern Scripture rather than Scripture governing topics. The text must rule the message.",
  "diagnosis": "A preacher may address topics, but he must not make Scripture a quote-bank for pre-decided points.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Neh 8:8",
    "2 Tim 2:15",
    "2 Tim 4:2",
    "Acts 20:27",
    "Luke 24:27"
  ],
  "key_terms": [
    "orthotomeo [rightly handle]",
    "graphe [Scripture]",
    "boule [counsel, purpose]",
    "logos [word]"
  ],
  "related_slugs": [
    "project-exciting-trendy-church-to-attract-saved-and-unsaved",
    "entertainment-worship",
    "prayerlessness-hidden-under-productivity",
    "casual-irreverence-in-worship",
    "prayer-treated-as-manifestation-language-rather-than-humble-petition",
    "corporate-worship-measured-by-emotional-peak"
  ],
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local tooltip data",
  "status": "published_package_draft"
}