Proclaim!

Our Scripture verse on preaching is 1 Corinthians 1:21 which reads: "For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." Our quote on preaching today is from George Whitefield. He said, "Other men may preach the gospel better than I, but no man can preach a better gospel." In this podcast, we are using as our texts, the following three books: "Lectures to My Students" by Charles H. Spurgeon; "The Preacher and his Preaching" by Alfred P. Gibbs; and "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon W. Robinson. Our first topic is titled "The Minister's Piety Must be Vigorous, Part 1" from "Lectures to My Students" by Charles H. Spurgeon. He writes: The minister is not to be content with being equal to the rank and file of Christians, he must be a mature and advanced believer; for the ministry of Christ has been truly called "the choicest of his choice, the elect of his election, a church picked out of the church." If he were called to an