Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.12.10 in Pastors, Preaching
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 22, “Thy Speech Betrayeth Thee."The greatest danger to which a young man is subjected in the Seminary, is not, as many timid folks imagine, heretical interpretations of the Scriptures but a style of language which the plain people do not understand.The …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.11.10 in Pastors, Preaching
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 21, “Mannerisms."Mannerisms as a rule are veritable dragons which throwing themselves between the preacher and his hearers must be warred against and slain. Eternal vigilance is the price the man of God must pay for deliverance from this plague of pulp…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.10.10 in Pastors, Preaching
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 20, “Meanness.” …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.9.10 in Pastors, Preaching
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 19, “Foolishness."Beginning a speech with an apology is a piece of nonsense unprovoked and inexcusable, but if you wish to break a man of that habit he must be caught young. Why squander time in announcing what will become perfectly clear before one si…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.8.10 in Pastors, Preaching
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 17,"Pettiness.” Certain vices only mar, others lacerate and kill. Not one of them kills more surely than a petty disposition. The Christian religion is nothing if not large.A sermon is the life-blood of a an baptized into the spirit of the Lord, and every…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.7.10 in Pastors, Preaching
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 17, “Discontent."Discontent may be said to be one of the prevailing sins of the ministerial world. How prevalent it is the public does not fully know, for ministers who are discontented do not shout their dissatisfaction from the house-top.They write it …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.6.10 in Pastors, Preaching
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 16, “Vanity.” “Every gift, no matter what it is, has a coiled serpent it. A man’s deadliest danger lies ever at the center of his greatest strength.""Many a man has had his usefulness destroyed by the very gift which should have car…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.5.10 in Pastors, Preaching
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 15,"Autocracy.""The environment of a clergyman contains abundant nutriment for the nourishment of the papal proclivities of human nature.""If laymen were allowed to-day the privileges they enjoyed in the time of Jesus, and could say to mi…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.4.10 in Pastors, Preaching
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 14, “Dishonesty.""If a man is crotchety he can be tolerated; if he is prejudiced or ignorant he can be borne with ; he may be lacking in a score of qualities which men count desirable and still be a useful and an honored man. But who can endure a mi…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.3.10 in Pastors, Preaching
Notes taken from Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers by Charles E. Jefferson, Chapter 13, “Selfishness.""Thick-witted men occasionally get the notion that they can glorify God by preaching theology and at the same time scorn their congregation.""If a minister says he loves God, and in his heart slights or despises his peo…
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