The temptation to avoid difficult topics is always there for preachers. As social creatures we are fearful that delivering the whole message of Holy Writ will cause us to be ostracized, excommunicated, ridiculed, reviled, and perhaps even executed. “If I say these things the church will not like me anymore.” But the record of Luke...
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Be Humble, Holy, and Helpful
I am soon to be, Lord willing, fifty years old. Brethren, please let me pass along these things that I have learned: Be Humble The Almighty resists the proud but gives grace to the humble (Proverbs 3:34; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5). Real humility before God is not about self-deprecating statements or even a refusal...