Comments on: Chosen of God – Chosen words http://www.christianmonthlystandard.com/index.php/chosen-of-god-chosen-words/ A Voice of Reason for the 21st Century Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:07:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Swindle http://www.christianmonthlystandard.com/index.php/chosen-of-god-chosen-words/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Jim Swindle Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:02:20 +0000 http://www.christianmonthlystandard.com/?p=640#comment-682 I think Richard is trying to persuade us that the preacher's MESSAGE is much more important than his ORATORY. I'd agree. Oratory can build large congregations, but truth can build real saints. Too many preachers are far more interested in the cleverness of their delivery than in the truth of it. I think Richard is trying to persuade us that the preacher’s MESSAGE is much more important than his ORATORY. I’d agree. Oratory can build large congregations, but truth can build real saints. Too many preachers are far more interested in the cleverness of their delivery than in the truth of it.

]]> By: Gary Zimmerli http://www.christianmonthlystandard.com/index.php/chosen-of-god-chosen-words/comment-page-1/#comment-672 Gary Zimmerli Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:19:58 +0000 http://www.christianmonthlystandard.com/?p=640#comment-672 Richard, I get the impression when I read Acts 2 & 3, as well as his epistles, that Peter was quite an orator, rough though he may have been. Do you think it was only because he was given the words by the Spirit, or did he have talent for that to begin with? Considering his personality, I think he may have already had such a disposition, which God used for His purposes. (Of course, God could make even a donkey talk, if He wished.) Richard, I get the impression when I read Acts 2 & 3, as well as his epistles, that Peter was quite an orator, rough though he may have been.

Do you think it was only because he was given the words by the Spirit, or did he have talent for that to begin with? Considering his personality, I think he may have already had such a disposition, which God used for His purposes. (Of course, God could make even a donkey talk, if He wished.)

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