Advice to Young Preachers

sermonindex Sep 2, 2005

Here is a great section in the "text sermons" of quotes and topics for preachers to glean from. Enjoy:Advice to Young Preachershttps://www.sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=category&;cid=656"It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they like it, but that they get it."Dr. Vance HavnerA man who listened once to D.L Moody was very critical of his grammar and reprimanded him for it. Moody's response was:" I wish my grammar were better. I wish I had a better education, but I am using all the grammar I have for the glory of God. Are you doing as much with yours?" God is more interested in our availability than he is our ability. 1000 Illustrations For Preaching & Teaching---------Jones

sermonindex Sep 2, 2005

This one i like the most. It makes me laugh (because its SOO TRUE), and is a strong truth that is hard to bear.Studying For Preaching " Spurgeon fixed upon a text, and then, for many years gave it to hissecretary, who was a minister, in his great library, saying "There is mytext." Then that minister went through Spurgeon's library, which he hadindexed for him, and brought everything that had any bearing on thattext, and piled books all around him. Spurgeon took those books and readall those things, and then made his outline. That was his method. " --Dr.G. Campbell Morgan-

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philologos Sep 2, 2005

There's more good advice for young preachers (and even one or two older ones) here.

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ginnyrose Sep 3, 2005

Philologos, You wrote: "Fun? yes fun. Spurgeon (like Ravenhill) had a mischievous sense of fun and the company of these young men seem to have been the perfect setting for it. It has been said of Spurgeon 'that he never went out of his way to make a joke, and never went out of his way to avoid one'."I used to think all preachers were funny because my grandfather, who was a preacher, was a lot of fun. Seems to me a preacher needs a healthy sense of humor to endure the serious task he is called to. ginnyrose

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hredii Sep 3, 2005

Passion In Preaching There was a great English actor in years gone by whose name was Macready.A famous preacher once said to him: "I wish you would explain somethingto me. Man said,"Well, what is it? I don't know that I can explainanything to a preacher." Preacher asked, "What is the difference betweenyou and me? You are appearing before crowds night after night withfiction, and the crowds come wherever you go. I am preaching theessential and unchangeable truth, and I am not getting any crowd at all.The famous actor responded by saying, " This is quite simple. I can tellyou the difference between us. I present my fiction as though it weretrue, and you present your truth as though it were fiction." - Dr. G.Campbell Morgan