Description This book can be a tremendous help to rookie and veteran preachers alike.
The Bible is filled with examples of and the need for study, training, preparation and e.
The call to Preach is joined at the hip with the command to prepare.
The call involves heavy responsibilities, divine accountability and eternal consequences.
We must remember that the call to Preach is a serious matter.
But the strictest, strongest, and severest judgment is reserved for preachers or teachers of the Word of God.
Every believer will appear before The Judgment Seat of Christ.
The Apostle James cautions preachers, "My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation" (James 3: 1).
We are Called to accountability when we are Called to preach.
As we shall be Called to so fearful an account with God, we should not be engaged in condemning our brethren, but should examine whether we are prepared to give up our account with joy, and not with grief."Preachers are held to a high standard, God\'s standard.
In the fearful arraignment of that day, every work and purpose shall be brought forth, and tried by the unerring standard of justice.
Romans 14: 12 makes this very clear, "So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God." Albert Barnes in his notes says states this about preachers, "That is, of his character and conduct; his words and actions; his plans and purposes.
Christ is the one who calls us, empowers us, and one day we will answer to him and undergo his examination.
Our ultimate accountability for the sermon is not to the deacons, congregation or our alma mater, but to Christ.
We should understand the gravity of the call before we say yes to it.
God\'s call to Preach his Gospel is a serious matter.
It is a handy Guide to art of sermon preparation and development.
It is filled with practical suggestions on: knowing one has been Called to preach, how to develop sermons, along with a plethora of sermon topics and simple skeleton outlines.
Description This book can be a tremendous help to rookie and veteran preachers alike
