From time to time I share some good counsel that preachers of yesteryear have left for the generations to come. I hope these words of advice will bless and help preachers of this 21st century. Charles G. Finney, 19th-century evangelist, wrote an article with the title “How to Preach So As to Convert Nobody.” HereContinue reading “Some Good Advice, Preachers”
Author Archives: Dr. Anthony Slutz
Hospitality (pt. 2)
As we have noted, there is more than one command in the New Testament that believers should be hospitable. In fact, even as one reads the Old Testament Torah, God gave the Israelites several injunctions concerning their treatment of “strangers,” always reminding them that they were once strangers for 400 years in Egypt. So, how’sContinue reading “Hospitality (pt. 2)”
Use Hospitality
That command occurs in I Peter 4:9, given at a time when the church, still in its infancy, was aware that there were many believers, persecuted severely, who had lost everything they had. They would fit the description of the apostle John, who wrote: “Beloved thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren andContinue reading “Use Hospitality”
My Journey (part 2)
The late Dr. Keith Knauss was my pastor in my teen years in Ottumwa, Iowa. He received his training in the Practical Bible Institute in New York, and he was an excellent teacher, pastor, and author of several books. I grew under his ministry but had not felt called to preach; and, upon graduation fromContinue reading “My Journey (part 2)”
His Last 24 Hours
Pilate tried again to persuade the crowd that he should release to them Jesus, but again they cried for His blood. Finally, at about 6 a.m. he delivered Jesus over to the mob and they took Him and led Him away to be crucified. Immediately, upon His release from Pilate, soldiers seized our Savior, strippedContinue reading “His Last 24 Hours”
The Crucifixion Week
It is often referred to as the “Holy Week,” Jesus’s last week of life on earth as the God-man, culminating in the cruel crucifixion. It serves us well to be reminded often of the unspeakable Calvary event—unspeakable because of the rejection of Jesus by His own, whom He came to redeem; yet precious because ofContinue reading “The Crucifixion Week”
A Hard Way To Go
Solomon said plainly that “the way of transgressors is hard.” (Provs. 13:15) Centuries after those wise words were penned, Jesus underscored them with His unforgettable parable about the prodigal son who, in his youthful transgressions, found out that the way of transgressors is indeed unimaginably hard. (Luke 15:11-32) History, both biblical and non-biblical, is repleteContinue reading “A Hard Way To Go”
My Journey
On November 19, 1942, in the small southeast Iowa community of Douds, my mother, having called “Doc Pollock,” gave birth to her fourth of five children, a son, whom she and dad would name Anthony Lee. The doc had come to our house and spent the night waiting for my “breech” arrival. I was theContinue reading “My Journey”
How Well Do I Remember!
There are no doubt pros and cons that a retiring pastor considers when contemplating whether he should move away from where he pastored, or whether he can remain active, supporting the ministry of his successor. For sure, there will be no shortage of advice offered, all free of charge. We chose to remain at theContinue reading “How Well Do I Remember!”
Revive Us Again
On August 31, 1986, in the evening service from the Thompson Road Baptist Church pulpit in Indianapolis, I began the message with these words: “It happened 18 months ago here in the heart of America—a 20th-century moving of the Holy Spirit of God—what one man who was an eye witness described as ‘the most remarkableContinue reading “Revive Us Again”
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