Proclaim!

Our Scripture verse on preaching is 1 Corinthians 2:1-2 which reads: "And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." Our quote on preaching today is from C.S. Lewis. He said, "A man who first tried to guess 'what the public wants,' and then preached that as Christianity because the public wants it, would be a pretty mixture of fool and knave." 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 Self-Watch, Part 6" from "Lectures to My Students" by Charles H. Spurgeon. He writes: In many instances of young men put to a trade which they cannot endure, they have run away to sea sooner than follow an irksome business; but where shall that