One of my favorite mornings of each month is gathering to study with other preachers from the Louisville area, but this month’s study was special. We got to sit for about an hour-and-a-half this morning and just listen to Paul Earnhart talk about the work of an evangelist. It was a morning I hope never to forget.
“We don’t need any more professional preachers. If you consider preaching a profession, you’ve missed the point. You’re a Christian, doing what you can do. Your work of service isn’t more important than other works. There is no pecking order. Every Christian is important. Humility, therefore, is imperative.”
“Sometimes you’re going to have your heart broken, but never let your spirit be broken.”
Describing one of his dearest friends, “He was a great man and he didn’t know it. You’ll meet lots of great men; you won’t know it and they won’t know it. Those men are special.”
“Don’t try to climb some imaginary ladder. Just keep asking yourself, ‘Where can I be useful?'”
“We all have plenty to be humble about. We ought to rejoice when other men excel us.”
“We’re a part of the greatest work in the world, not because we’re preachers, but because we’re Christians. Preaching is just a function of being a disciple of Jesus, and being a disciple of Jesus is the greatest work in the world.”
“Lots of men can substitute for you as a preacher, but no one can substitute for you as a husband or a father.”
“There is no one pulling for young preachers so strongly as older preachers.”
“I started preaching because I thought I could help.”
Thank you, brother Paul.
