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PROCLAIM!

PROCLAIM! -- the podcast that teaches every Bible-believing Christian how to preach the Gospel by any means necessary in many different settings, including using the internet and the new "podcast pulpit". If you are a Christian, you should be preaching the Gospel and the Word of God in some way, shape, form, or fashion because Jesus Christ said, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel." In the New Testament, the word "preach" simply means "to herald or proclaim" the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ and salvation through him. The purpose of this podcast is to show you how you can get started or help you do it better for God's glory and for the salvation of lost souls.
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Apr 27, 2015

Our Scripture verse on preaching is 2 Timothy 3:16 which reads: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness."

Our quote on preaching today is from Martin Luther. He said, "To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes the preaching."

In this podcast, we are using as our texts, the following three books: "Lectures to My Students" by Charles H. Spurgeon; "The Preacher and his Preaching" by Alfred P. Gibbs; and "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon W. Robinson. And, I want to remind you to take advantage of our special offer. If you enjoy this podcast, please feel free to purchase any one of these books for your personal library from the resources page on our website -- ProclaimPodcast.com.

Our first topic is titled "The Minister's Self-Watch, Part 4" from "Lectures to My Students" by Charles H. Spurgeon. He writes:

That a teacher of the gospel should first be a partaker of it is a simple truth, but at the same time a rule of the most weighty importance. We are not among those who accept the apostolical succession of young men simply because they assume it; if their college experience has been rather vivacious than spiritual, if their honors have been connected rather with athletic exercises than with labors for Christ, we demand evidence of another kind than they are able to present to us. 

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Our second topic is titled "The Qualifications of the Preacher, Part 4" from "The Preacher and his Preaching" by Alfred P. Gibbs. 

This section is titled: THE PREACHER MUST LOVE THE LORD JESUS

1. The love of Christ must be the constraining motive of all the preacher's service. 

Paul wrote, “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if One died for all, then were all dead: and that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them and rose again.” To preach from a sense of duty, while necessary, is not enough. Only as the love of Christ is the impelling motive shall one’s preaching be worth anything. 

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Our third topic is titled "The Definition of Expository Preaching, Part 1" from "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon W. Robinson. He writes:

Attempting a definition becomes sticky business because what we define we sometimes destroy. The small boy who dissected a frog to find out what made it jump learned something about the parts in the process, but he killed the frog. Preaching is a living interaction involving God, the preacher, and the congregation, and no definition can pretend to capture that dynamic. But for the sake of clarity we must attempt a working definition anyway. 

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Apr 20, 2015

Our Scripture verse on preaching is Exodus 4:10-12 which reads: "And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say."

Our quote on preaching today is from Billy Sunday. He said, "Whenever a day comes when I can stand and preach God's Word without an agony of anxiety lest the people will not accept Christ; whenever a day comes when I can see men and women coming down the aisles without joy in my heart, I'll quit preaching."

In this podcast, we are using as our texts, the following three books: "Lectures to My Students" by Charles H. Spurgeon; "The Preacher and his Preaching" by Alfred P. Gibbs; and "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon W. Robinson. 

Our first topic is titled "The Minister's Self-Watch, Part 3" from "Lectures to My Students" by Charles H. Spurgeon. He writes:

For the herald of the gospel to be spiritually out of order in his own proper person is, both to himself and to his work, a most serious calamity; and yet, my brethren, how easily is such an evil produced, and with what watchfulness must it be guarded against! As I was traveling one day by train from Perth to Edinburgh, we suddenly came to a dead stop, because a very small screw in one of the engines had been broken, and when we started again we were obliged to crawl along with one piston-rod at work instead of two. Only a small screw was gone, if that had been right, the train would have rushed along its iron road, but the absence of that insignificant piece of iron disarranged the whole. A train is said to have been stopped on one of the United States' railways by flies in the grease-boxes of the carriage wheels. The analogy is perfect; a man in all other respects fitted to be useful, may by some small defect be exceedingly hindered, or even rendered utterly useless. Such a result is all the more grievous, because it is associated with the gospel, which in the highest sense is adapted to effect the grandest results. 

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Our second topic is titled "The Qualifications of the Preacher, Part 3" from "The Preacher and his Preaching" by Alfred P. Gibbs. 

This section is titled: THE PREACHER MUST BE REGENERATED, Part 2

Christ likened the Jewish leaders of His day to "blind leaders of the blind." We read in Psalm 50:16, "To the wicked, God saith, What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, or that thou shouldest take My covenant in thy mouth?" Peter refers to the false prophets of his day as "wells without water." These appear inviting to the weary and parched traveler, but provide nothing with which to slake his thirst. God declares that, "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." From conversations with returned Christian soldiers, it appears that saved and evangelistic chaplains were the exception, rather than the rule.

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Our third topic is titled "The Case for Preaching" from "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon W. Robinson. He writes:

Those in the pulpit face the pressing temptation to deliver some message other than that of the Scriptures -- a political system (either right-wing or left-wing), a theory of economics, a new religious philosophy, old religious slogans, or a trend in psychology. Ministers can proclaim anything in a stained-glass voice at 11:30 on Sunday morning following the singing of hymns. Yet when they fail to preach the Scriptures, they abandon their authority. No longer do they confront their hearers with a word from God. That is why most modern preaching evokes little more than a wide yawn. God is not in it. 

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Apr 13, 2015

Our Scripture verse on preaching is Exodus 4:10-12 which reads: "And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say."

Our quote on preaching today is from Richard Baxter. He said, "I preached as though I wasn't sure I would preach again, and as a dying man to dying men."

Our first topic is titled "The Minister's Self-Watch, Part 2" from "Lectures to My Students" by Charles H. Spurgeon. He writes:

We are, in a certain sense, our own tools, and therefore must keep ourselves in order. If I want to preach the gospel, I can only use my own voice; therefore I must train my vocal powers. I can only think with my own brains, and feel with my own heart, and therefore I must educate my intellectual and emotional faculties. I can only weep and agonize for souls in my own renewed nature, therefore must I watchfully maintain the tenderness which was in Christ Jesus.

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Our second topic is titled "The Qualifications of the Preacher, Part 2" from "The Preacher and his Preaching" by Alfred P. Gibbs. He writes:

To many, the statement that a preacher should be born from above may seem self-evident. The fact remains, however, that there are literally hundreds of preachers who have never experienced the regenerating power of the Spirit of God. They know nothing of what it means to be saved by the grace of God through personal faith in Christ. 

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Our third topic is titled "The Case for Preaching" from "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon W. Robinson. He writes:

In spite of the "bad-mouthing" of preaching and preachers, no one who takes the Bible seriously should count preaching out. To the New Testament writers, preaching stood as the event through which God works. Peter, for example, reminded his readers that they had "been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God." How had this word come to affect their lives? "That word," Peter explained, "is the good news which was preached to you." Through preaching God had redeemed them.

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Apr 3, 2015

Thank you for listening to PROCLAIM! -- the podcast that teaches every Bible-believing Christian how to preach the Gospel by any means necessary in many different settings, including using the internet and the new "podcast pulpit". If you are a Christian, you should be preaching the Gospel and the Word of God in some way, shape, form, or fashion because Jesus Christ said, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel." In the New Testament, the word "preach" simply means "to herald or proclaim" the good news of the Gospel, and the purpose of this podcast is to show you how you can get started doing it, or help you do it better for God’s glory and for the salvation of lost souls. 

 

Our Scripture verse on preaching is Mark 16:15 which reads: "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

 

Our quote on preaching today is from John Wesley. He said, "Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God; such alone will shake the gates of hell."

 

In this podcast, we are using as our texts, the following three books: "Lectures to My Students" by Charles H. Spurgeon; "The Preacher and his Preaching" by Alfred P. Gibbs; and "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon W. Robinson. And, I want to remind you to take advantage of our special offer.

 

Our first topic is titled "The Minister’s Self-Watch, Part 1" from "Lectures to My Students" by Charles H. Spurgeon. 

 

Our second topic is titled "The Qualifications of the Preacher, Part 1" from "The Preacher and his Preaching" by Alfred P. Gibbs. 

 

Our third topic is titled "The Devaluation of Preaching" from "Biblical Preaching" by Haddon W. Robinson.

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