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  • Preachers Today vs. Preachers of Old

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    Posted: 09/11/2012 at 16:46 PM
    Source:     RevivalandReformation.Wordpress.com

    PREACHERS TODAY VERSUS PREACHERS OF OLD

    A.W. Tozer
    A.W. Tozer

    • Preachers today are licensed and ordained by the church; men of old were ordained and sent by God.

    • Preachers today go forth armed with degrees and credentials; men of old went forth anointed by the Holy Spirit.

    John Bunyan
    John Bunyan

    • Preachers today are questioned by committees and hired to preach what the church believes; men of old came preaching, “Thus saith the Lord.”

    • Preachers today give themselves to programs, visitation, church business; men of old gave themselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word.

    David Wilkerson
    David Wilkerson


    • Preachers today preach and men are persuaded to move their membership; men of old preached and “they were pricked in their hearts and cried, Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

    • Preachers today pray and the organ plays softly; Elijah prayed and the fire of God fell.

    Leonard Ravenhill
    Leonard Ravenhill

    • Preachers today are afraid that they will offend someone; Paul was afraid that he would not. If there is no offence, the gospel has not been preached.

    R.A. Torrey
    R.A. Torrey