I read an excellent post today by Thabiti Anyabwile regarding the common complaint that traditional preaching should be rejected due to it being a monologue rather than a dialogue. Thabiti responds (rather clearly, I might add) that traditional Protestant worship service is not centered around a monologue (i.e. preaching), but it is a dialogue between God (who speaks by His Word and Spirit through the preacher) and His people who respond back to Him in praise and worship (i.e. prayer, song, etc.)
Read the post for yourself. You can find it here http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabitianyabwile/2011/02/08/whos-doing-the-talking-in-our-church-gatherings/.
