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Q & A: SOMEONE ASKED: “WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREACHING AND TEACHING?”

What is the difference between preaching and teaching? One of Britain’s and the world’s finest Bible scholars and linguists said this (and I think it is the clearest and best distinction that I have ever read or heard): “Preaching is the uncompromising proclamation of certainties; teaching is the explanation of the meaning and significance of these certainties.”