According to John Piper, there are 7 reasons for why preaching is not enough for real growth in a believers life and why a "small group" is just as necessary today as it was when the church was first forming.
1. The impulse to avoid painful growth by disappearing into a crowd in corporate worship is very strong.
2. Then tendency toward passivity in listening to a sermon is part of our human weakness.
3. Listeners in a big group can more easily evade redemptive crisis.
4. Listeners in a large group tend to neglect efforts of personal application.
5. Opportunity for questions leading to growth is missing.
6. Accountability for follow through is missing.
7. Prayer support is missing for individual issues.
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