Emphasis Preaching Journal
The written word and the living word
Commentary
Out of the Old Testament reading for this day verse eight of the eighth chapter of Nehemiah leaps out and grabs my attention. "So they read from the book, from the law of God, with interpretation. They gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading." Ideally, that is what should happen in our services of worship every Sunday morning. It is the minister who as pastor and teacher has the prime responsibility to proclaim and interpret so that what is read is understood.
