It all finally comes down to the question of who has the right to speak. Does the preacher have the right to speak, or does that right belong to God? That is the difference between life and death for our people. Do we think that God’s elect will be called out by our own stories, gimmicks, and eloquence? Such thinking is arrogance. Can God’s redeemed people live on our words alone? Will they be just fine if we don’t read and explain God’s Word to them? Obviously not. For life is found only in the Word of God. In the end, our calling as preachers is really very simple. We study, we stand before
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