PREACHING WITH PASSION

This past week I took a continuing education class with a well-known theologian and seminary professor. He spoke of the Scripture's reference to that which is of "first importance" - the gospel (I Corinthians 15:3). He made this observation which he had learned in forty years of preaching and teaching. Those who come to hear him preach and teach will not remember everything he preaches and teaches. What they will remember is the passion of his heart which will come through in his preaching and teaching. What is most important to the preacher? Where is the heart of the preacher? The gospel is central in all of Scripture. May the gospel capture our hearts and be the passion of our lives.