preaching

If I had to sum up the gospel I should have to tell you certain facts: Jesus, the Son of God, became man; he was born of the virgin Mary; lived a perfect life; was falsely accused of men; was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God; from whence he shall also come to judge the quick and the dead. This is one of the elementary truths of our gospel; we believe in the resurrection of the dead, the final judgment, and the life everlasting.

Bible teaching about the Second Coming of Christ was thought of as __oomsday_ preaching. But not anymore. It is the only ray of hope that shines as an ever brightening beam in a darkening world.

Many churches have their eyes on the culture instead of on Christ. Many pastors preach on common unity instead of calling the community to repent.

Nowhere in Mark 16:15___o ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature_ [KJV] _ nor in any similar Scripture did Christ command us to go only into the Western or capitalist world. Nowhere did He say to exclude the Communist world.

Thousands of pastors, Sunday school teachers, and Christian workers are powerless because they do not make the Word the source of their preaching or teaching.

Proclaiming __he whole will of God_ should be the goal__nd the joy__f every church and every preacher.

Preachers are not salesmen, for they have nothing to sell. They are bearers of Good News.

We preach Christ crucified. The cross is the focal point in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. It was no afterthought or emergency measure with God. Christ was __he Lamb slain from the foundation of the world_ [Revelation 3:8 KJV].

I preach a Gospel not of despair but of hope for the individual, hope for society, and hope for the world.

God__ strength is made perfect in weakness. The weaker I became, the more powerful became the preaching.

Effective preaching must be biblical preaching, whether it is the exposition of a single word in the Bible, a text, or a chapter. The Word is what the Spirit uses.

When I preach__o matter where it is in the world__ can always count on five areas of human need that afflict all peoples. Emptiness, loneliness, guilt, fear of death, deep-seated insecurity.

I know that many of the things I have said from the Scriptures have offended some, but I cannot afford to tone down the message. As Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:17, __ have a stewardship entrusted to me_ (nasb), and that is to preach the pure and simple Gospel in whatever culture I am in.

I have had the privilege of preaching the Gospel on every continent in most of the countries of the world, and I have found that when I present the simple message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, with authority, quoting from the very Word of God__e takes that message and drives it supernaturally into the human heart.

As the people came to a desert place to hear John the Baptist proclaim, __hus saith the Lord,_ so [man] in his confusions, frustrations, and bewilderment will come to hear the minister who preaches with authority.

Oh God, if You want me to preach, I will do it.

When we preach or teach the Scriptures, we open the door for the Holy Spirit to do His work. God has not promised to bless oratory or clever preaching. He has promised to bless His Word.

I__ not a great preacher, and I don__ claim to be a great preacher . . . I__ an ordinary preacher, just communicating the Gospel in the best way I know how.