“The thoughts of ordinary men on most things not connected with their own profession, are very indifferent. Large numbers of persons who have been accustomed to read the Bible, and to listen to preaching all their lives, have the loosest possible acquaintance with the details of Biblical history, and their concepts of doctrinal truths are …
Functional Atheism
INTRODUCTION:This psalm is a variation of the fourteenth psalm, and makes a point important enough to be repeated. And that point is that this psalm applies to the whole human race, and not just to the tiny minority willing to claim their atheism openly. This is a psalm, not about atheism proper, but about the …
All on Fire
“I want to say something about the use of the imagination. That is, in my judgment, the supreme work of preparation . . . Perception is the grasp of the actual, memory preserves it, suggestion reproduces it, comparison weighs it, reason balances it, imagination sets it all on fire” (G. Campbell Morgan, Preaching, pp. 101-102).
The Fresh Test
“If we think of any minister who has maintained his virility and his freshness through long years, especially at one centre, I think I am right in saying that his ministry has been Biblical. The freshness of the Bible is eternal” (G. Campbell Morgan, Preaching, p. 63).
The Text and I
“There was a man who gave out his text and said: ‘That is my text. I am now going to preach. Maybe we’ll meet again the text and I, and maybe not.’ He was not going to preach at all; he was just going to talk” (G. Campbell Morgan, Preaching, p. 63).
Hard to Amble With Power and Authority
“A text gives definiteness to the message. Limitation creates power. The fact that we are only taking that paragraph, verse, statement, perhaps phrase, gives this limitation. In preaching there is a tendency to generalisation and discursiveness. That is checked when a sermon is really true to its text” (G. Campbell Morgan, Preaching, p. 62).
Provided the Man is Not on a JumboTron
“Read a book, and we have the truth, perhaps, but in preaching you have the truth plus the man” (G. Campbell Morgan, Preaching, p. 57).
Reading the Story Lived
INTRODUCTION: This psalm gives us a glimpse of David’s early years, and of the faithfulness and trust he displayed in hard circumstances. But he knew what God was like, and he knew how the world worked. That being the case, he could wait patiently, trusting. THE TEXT: To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of …
And Sometimes With a Spanking
“That is our business as preachers. ‘Oh, but the preacher must catch the spirit of the age.’ God forgive him if he does. Our business is never to catch, but by eternal truth to correct the spirit of the age” (G. Campbell Morgan, Preaching, p. 31).
The Perpetual Irrelevance of Liberalism
“Here is a man who for some reason refuses the authority of his Bible, but says he will stand by Christ. What Christ?” (G. Campbell Morgan, Preaching, p. 25).