{"id":888,"date":"2019-02-26T03:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T03:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/?p=888"},"modified":"2019-02-25T13:30:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T13:30:57","slug":"6-barriers-hinder-preachers-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/02\/6-barriers-hinder-preachers-teachers.html","title":{"rendered":"6 Barriers That Hinder Preachers and Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tim Collins<\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you love to communicate God’s Word to people, you have a high calling with high responsibility (James 3:1). Any good teacher or preacher will have to overcome barriers from the audience that will attempt to hinder their ability to effectively communicate. Here are six barriers an audience can put up to a preacher or teacher:<\/p>\n

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1. Experiential<\/b><\/span> – People have had a bad church or teaching or preaching experience, and you\u2019re having to overcome someone else\u2019s bad teaching and preaching. This is a barrier because these folks are likely not in the room at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Cultural<\/b><\/span> – People and culture are turning away from God as a whole. There’s a rejection of absolute truth and a promotion of \u201ctolerance\u201d. These folks may sit in the room but they\u2019re in the back with their arms folded. They\u2019ve already said \u201cno\u201d to whatever you\u2019re selling.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Knowledgeable<\/b><\/span> – People don\u2019t know Scripture that well, they weren\u2019t raised in church, or were raised with misinformation about the Bible. It’s far too easy to speak over their heads, leaving them clueless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Distractional<\/b><\/span> – People have too many other things screaming for their attention. They\u2019re in the room but they\u2019re on their phones, thinking about what’s next, distracted by something going on the room. For many, people are distracted from what you’re teaching because they are overwhelmed by the unaddressed pain in their lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Personal<\/b><\/span> – They don\u2019t think\u00a0whatever you’re teaching applies to them. They don\u2019t think they need help. Pride affluence\u00a0and\u00a0arrogance\u00a0all pour into this. They are the ones sitting in the room but they don\u2019t have ears to hear. Their hearts aren’t open to hear your message.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Spiritual<\/b><\/span> – Satan has blinded their eyes.\u00a0They have bought into lies about God, themselves and others. They simply don’t get the truth of Scripture you are attempting to communicate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barriers are obviously difficult to overcome but they are absolutely overcomable through the power of God’s Spirit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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