Chpt 14: Fear of Being Wrong

I am baffled that some would consider sermons to be the most effective way God has communicated to the church in the past century. I know for myself and many peers it's proven to be the least effective communication from God. This is not to say some do not have life changing expereinces based on a sermon... but whats the percentage compared to those of use snoozing? It woudl almost seem to me we have limited in many ways how we allow God to speak to us. We've placed God in a "preaching box" and want him solely to speak to us and touch our lives through a person that is claimed to be trained in proper handling of God's word. Something seems fishy to me... is not God's word for the people? The masses? Did not God give the scriptures to all of us to read and learn? Can he not speak to us directly... seems like the 99 Theses that Martin Luther crafted needs to be reviewed by church leaders :)

It's sad really that we've placed God in a box (preaching) and asked for him to only speak to us in this form thereby limiting God's control of his body.