"My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words." ~ 1 Corinthians 2:4
Belief in Jesus Christ is a miracle produced only by the efficacy of Redemption, not by impressiveness of speech, but by the sheer unaided power of God. Redemption comes through the preaching of the Gospel, but never because of the personality of the preacher.
The real fasting of the preacher is not from food, but rather from eloquence, from educated diction, from everything that might hinder the Gospel of God being heard.
All too often we hear the sounds Of words that some preachers speak; And sometimes we try so hard To look beyond their words so weak ...
But if you hear not the Gospel Pouring out from your church pulpit My advice is to run, pray, and seek to find A better place in which to sit.
