For PASTORS only!
"Be an example to all believers in what you teach, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity." 1 Timothy 4:12
"A preacher's life should be a commentary of his doctrine; his practice should be a counterpart of his sermons. Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life." (Thomas Brooks)
"We preach to people who must live forever . . .
in heaven — or hell;
with God — or devils;
in an eternity of joy — or of torment!"
(Thomas Doolittle)"Watch your life and doctrine closely." 1 Timothy 4:16
Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats?Personal ambition hinders Christian life and ministry!
I bequeath my pastor's soul to the devil
The characteristics of the modern Christian pulpit!
Ministerial Duties Stated and Enforced
An ignorant, profane, and soul-flattering clergy
Christ, The Example Of Ministers
Flesh-pleasing pulpit opiates!
As he snuffs the gale of popular applause!
Snatched out of the very jaws of the devil!
Tied to their minister's apron strings
The Master taught me this in the washing of the disciples' feet
Your life preaches all the week!
Murder all his hearers at once!
God's servants do not promote themselves
Paid loafers and social parasites!
How few have singleness of eye to God's glory
The four giant-killers of preachers!
An apostolic face and a Judas heart
The most learned and profound theologian
On just such husks do the religious swine feed
Philpot's letter of resignation from the Church of England
The noblest ecclesiastical edifice
Your life preaches all the week
Let me tell you, the Devil has his ministers!
Are you seeking great things for yourself?
They are helpers to the cause of the devil
Pride, self-conceit, and self-exaltation
If Mr. Pride gets a wound in the head
Ministers are often desirous of . . .
The Devil's Mission of Amusement
He never sought to amuse them!
Loaf, putter, play, doze and run about
Half the diseases of Christianity
Preaching is not child's play!
The best of men are only men at their very best
Among the preachers of the day
What a lesson is here for ministers!
More scarce and precious than a bar of gold!
Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown!
A filthy, stinking bag of worms!
Familiarity with sacred things
One of a preacher's first duties!
The Urgent Need For Reformation in Pastoral Ministry
Dislike to Ministerial Faithfulness Stated and Explained
Church Leaders & The Use of Honorific Titles
Trifling, pedantic criticisms upon 'words'
The best way to run the goats out of the church!
The Love of Souls, a Necessary
Qualification for the Ministerial OfficeAn Earnest Ministry (book by J. A. James)
The Reformed Pastor (book by Richard Baxter)
The cultivation of personal piety
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