Prodigal: I am ready to listen to a sermon.

Me: Yes, there is nothing like a good sermon filled with meat for the spirit.

Prodigal: I think I need one of those today.

Sermons should have real teaching in them, and their doctrine should be solid, substantial, and abundant. We do not enter the pulpit to talk for talk’s sake; we have instructions to convey important to the last degree, and we cannot afford to utter petty nothings. Our range of subjects is all but boundless, and we cannot, therefore, be excused if our discourses are threadbare and devoid of substance. If we speak as ambassadors for God, we need never complain of want of matter, for our message is full to overflowing. The entire gospel must be presented from the pulpit; the whole faith once delivered to the saints must be proclaimed by us. The truth as it is in Jesus must be instructively declared so that the people may not merely hear, but know, the joyful sound….Nothing can compensate for the absence of teaching.

Charles Spurgeon

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

John 13:34

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org