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Here is a quote from a key Baptist preacher form the past, Francis Wayland. It speaks directly to the previous discussions on doing your own work in sermon preparation. Thanks to my brother, Scott, for passing on the quote.
"A strong temptation frequently assails a man, when preparing a sermon, to look around for helps. He can easily find a book of skeletons made to his hand, and it seems to him very convenient to make use of it. Let me urge every brother, asFrancis Wayland, Notes on the Principles and Practices of Baptist Churches, as cited in Bush and Nettles, Baptists and the Bible.
he values his self-respect, his honesty, his ministerial usefulness, as he values his own soul and the souls of others, to resist this temptation at the outset. If he have any of these crutches, let him commit them at once to the flames, or he will never learn to walk. The habit is absolutely fatal."
2 comments:
3 days? That isn't too much of a break, And good words from Wayland, especially that part about committing the crutches to the flames!
On a lighter note, God bless on the arrival of the little lady!
Yes, Adam, but inthis case I was just posting a good quote sent to me. If more good seminary students would send me good quotes, I could keep the posts going while on a semi-break! :)
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