I just want to make the observation that many of the preachers in our day are adept with the old-fashioned custom of the pacifier, the sugar nipple. They think it will result in more people coming to their churches. They think it will result in bigger offerings. They think that they will be more likely to be successful.<\/p>\n
If there has to be some kind of compromise or pacifier to be crowded out, then they can go right on past as far as I am concerned.<\/p>\n
God Almighty never said, \u201cYoung fellow, get yourself a pocketful of sugar nipples and go out and feed them to the carnal public.\u201d<\/p>\n
What He did say was, \u201cPreach My Word.\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Acts 20:18\u201321, 27; 2 Timothy 4:1\u20135<\/p>\n
Christ the Eternal Son,<\/i> 55.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I just want to make the observation that many of the preachers in our day are adept with the old-fashioned custom of the pacifier, the sugar nipple. They think it will result in more people coming to their churches. They think it will result in bigger offerings. They think that they will be more likely … Continue reading “CHURCH:
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