Personality Preaching
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- Written by Marcus Yoars
QUOTE: "We have lots of people in our churches who desperately need help in their preaching—help to be attractive, to be biblical and to be good communicators. … People's souls have to be fed—it has to be applied. On the other hand, you don't want someone to stand up with a bunch of jokes and a few applications. Why should we believe them, unless it is grounded in Scripture? So we have to have both attractive skills in communication but deep commitment to rigorous Bible teaching. … Finding someone who can hold the attention of 3,000 people over an extended period of time is very difficult. But don't let anyone tell you that a speaker can't hold someone's attention for more than 10 or 15 minutes. My kids have introduced me to an alternative comedian—this guy goes onto a platform for 50 minutes, talks about life, and has people weeping with laughter. If one person can do that, I don't see why you can't do that for Jesus' sake and talk about the gospel. But it really does depend on gifting." —the Rev. Stephen Gaukroger, director of the British-based Christian charity Clarion Trust International and a senior church leader in the United Kingdom, on what he sees as a lack of good preachers in the church today [christiantoday.com, 7/31/09]
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The Reverend Raymond Walters
Dr. Smith Baker: It is not too much culture which has kept the denomination from growing, but the neglect of the spiritual. There have been too many little theological professors in the pulpit, and not enough preachers of the indwelling Christ. The ministry have appealed to the reason more than to the heart and conscience. Far too many of our preachers have had religious conviction without spiritual experience”.
Catherine Booth: “I would rather have a little hallelujah lass, a little child with the power of the Holy Ghost, hardly able to put two sentences of the Queen’s English together, to come to help, bless, and benefit my soul, than to have the most learned divine in the kingdom come without it”.
No one could say it better, Dane. Thanks for your insight.
Anointing, however, is far more than mere enthusiasm. It is the actual presence and power of God manifesting in the life of the preacher and tangibly impressing the weight of the biblical words upon the minds and hearts of those hearing.
This we need far more than "attractiveness" and education.
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