The purpose of this course is to show that the voice of the Christian preacher has never ceased to be a power in the world from the days of the apostles until now.
The history of preaching has not yet been adequately written. A few works, all of them more or less fragmentary and incomplete, deal with the subject as a whole; a larger number, some of them remarkably good and satisfactory, treat of particular epochs or phases of the history; some attention, incidents and often superficial, has been given to preaching by writers of general, ecclesiastical, and literary histories; and this is all.
A thorough, comprehensive, well-proportioned and reasonably complete account of preaching in all periods and countries does not exist, either as the great work of a single author or as a connected series of studies by different authors.
To sketch the portraits of the few great preachers whose memory the world preserves would be a comparatively easy task. But this would do scant justice to our subject, and to the multitude of preachers, often very obscure and most of them entirely forgotten, who have acted well their part in fulfillment of our Lord's command to preach the gospel to every creature.
The present purpose is to show that the voice of the Christian preacher has never ceased to be a power in the world from the days of the apostles until now. We catch its echoes in the controversies of Christendom; in the ecclesiastical movements of the ages; in the reformations by which religion has been purified and renewed; and in the great missionary advances of the church as a whole.
What a story of God's power and grace!
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Read 1 Cor.1:21, and you learn “Preaching" is, the one supreme requirement of this lost world; and the "preacher" is thus lifted to the supreme place of initiative, leadership, dignity, and responsibility in the work of Christ for the lost world.
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To every preacher, wisdom gives the command, "A window shalt thou make in the ark." You may build up explanations and yet leave your hearers in the dark as to your meaning; but a thoroughly suitable metaphor will Wonderfully clear the sense.
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The Manna Doctorate Program continues the Manna Seminary philosophy of staying Bible based but emphasizes ministry leadership. The Doctorate program emphasizes quality Christian leadership at all levels of the ministry. It takes an in-depth look at the lives of great leaders of the past. It promotes the highest level of ministry in the church with advanced courses in heeding, leading, and feeding the flock.
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