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That’s Cold

You know what one cold-hearted man can do, if he gets at you on Sunday morning with a lump of ice, and freezes you with the information that Mrs. Smith and all her family are offended, and their pew is vacant. You did not want to know of that lady’s protest just before […]

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A Little Help Here

My soul has been helped throughout the last few days by the following quotes: On preaching: The pulpit calls those anointed to it as the sea calls its sailors. And like the sea, it batters and bruises and does not rest. (Bruce Thielemann) On prayer: A pastor who feels competent in himself to produce eternal fruit — which is the only kind […]

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How to Study

Not to read or study at all is to tempt God: to do nothing but study, is to forget the ministry: to study, only to glory in one’s knowledge, is a shameful vanity: to study, in search of the means to flatter sinners, a deplorable prevarication: but to store one’s mind with the knowledge proper […]

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Making Ministers Through Difficulties

I finished reading Lectures to My Students yesterday. The journey took almost two years and included some breathtaking sights. The Void previously published highlights related to the preacher and praying, preaching with clarity, and holding on to the truth. While creating my index inside the back cover I retread precious, providential, faith-focusing ground concerning how […]

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Praying Your Way Into the Pulpit

Colin Adams at Unashamed Workman collected some apropos quotes concerning pastors praying their way into the pulpit.

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