“I want a teaching church, not a preaching church.”

What do we make of a statement like that?

In this episode, I explore the difference between preaching and teaching—and whether that distinction is even as clean as we often assume. I also address a growing concern I see in some Reformed spaces: that Sunday worship can drift into being primarily informational—heavy on theology, light on application.

But preaching is not meant to be merely the transfer of knowledge. And neither is it meant to be emotional manipulation. True biblical preaching teaches the mind and presses the truth onto the life.

So where is the balance? And have we unintentionally created sermons that inform but don’t confront, explain but don’t apply?

After the raising of Lazarus, the tension finally snaps.

In this passage, the religious leaders stop debating—and start plotting. What began as skepticism turns into a full-blown conspiracy to kill Jesus. But underneath their fear of Rome, their concern for the nation, and their desire to maintain control, something deeper is exposed: hardened unbelief in the face of undeniable truth.

In this episode, we walk verse-by-verse through John 11:47–57 and unpack:

• Why the miracle didn’t produce repentance, but resistance
• The real motives behind the Pharisees’ decision
• Caiaphas’ chilling prophecy—and how God uses even wicked men to accomplish His will
• What this moment reveals about spiritual blindness and human responsibility

The plot to kill Jesus isn’t a disruption of God’s plan—it is the plan.

And what looks like chaos is actually sovereignty at work.

What happens when the Bible is present… but not actually central?

In this episode of Crossroads, we’re tackling a growing issue in modern preaching—sermons that start with a verse… and then move on without ever really opening it up.

Is this just a stylistic difference?

Or are we drifting into something deeper?

Looking back at the Protestant Reformation, figures like Martin Luther and William Tyndale fought to put Scripture back into the hands of the people. Not just physically—but practically.

Today, we have more access to the Bible than ever before.

But are we actually being taught how to read it?

This isn’t a call for a new Reformation.

It’s a call to recover what the Reformation was about in the first place:

The Word of God—open, understood, and central.