One of my favorite preachers, Alister Begg described the role of preacher in a vivid way. He said that as a boy the church which he attended had the type of sanctuary that required the pastor to ascend up several steps before reaching a cone-shaped pulpit, located high above the people. Prior to his ascension, about three minutes prior to commencement, the parish official (the beadle) would go up first carrying a large Bible. The beadle would open the Bible to the text for the day and then descend. The pastor would then walk up into the pulpit. After this, the beadle would ascend a final time to shut the door. This process illustrated something very important: apart from the Scriptures the preacher basically has nothing to say. However, if he had Scripture before him, he was not to come down until he preached the text. The preacher’s role in other words, is to proclaim the Word, and the people are to submit to the authority of the Scriptures.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 22:49:14 +0000
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