The Bible Heard, Sung, Spoken, and Taught

"In [corporate] worship, the congregation should listen to the word read, receiving it by ear. We can read with our eyes at home. We should sing the Scripture in Psalms and speak the Scriptures to one another in liturgical dialogue—rolling the word on our tongues. The pastor should teach the Bible—the Bible, not a review of the week's news or an anecdote from his personal life. The sermon isn't an occasion for a theological lecture. But it should be substantial, as solid as the congregation can handle. Pastors should aspire to offer solid food rather than skim milk, oatmeal stout rather than Bud Light (Leithart, The Theopolitan Vision, 30).