As I sit in my office, I ponder the task of preaching. More importantly preaching within the context of family, life's hassles, temptations, and future goals. I started to doubt this sermon series that I'm doing on Soul-Winning; doubts of pessimism, and defeat. However, I'm inspired by this series because it represents hours of closet work.
J. Kent Edwards says it best:
"Where do you get your sermons? Far too many of us are homiletical fast-food junkies. Because of our hyper-scheduled lives we drop spiritual Pop Tarts onto the plates of our parishioners rather than take the time to prepare a gourmet meal. We prefer Internet Wi-Fi connections over our spiritual closet." (Ch. 8. The Closet Work Begins)...
"Gourmet meals are created by hours of Closet work."
May some other christian, preacher, student, intellectual, or expositor find inspiration from--J. Kent Edwards.
