Longing for Intimacy as a Motivation

Longing for Intimacy as a Motivation So the need for approval and the desire for validation are wrong motivations for entering upon a preaching ministry.  Longing for intimacy as a  motivation for preaching is also a wrong.  We're going…

Another Wrong Motive for Preaching

Another Wrong Motive for Preaching In the last post we considered how some preachers need approval, and one of the ways they try to get it is to choose a public kind of work, like preaching, where people will tell them how good they are.  That's…

A Wrong Motivation for Preaching

A Wrong Motivation For Being A Preacher Two times in my years of active ministry I had six or more months away from the pulpit.  One time it was for a study leave, so that I could research what became a book on the revival periods in the United…