Devotional by Evangelist Tim Green
Isaiah 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
George Whitefield said, "I love the voice that thunders forth the Word. The whole Christian world is asleep, and only a loud voice can awaken it."
When I was a young Christian, the rough, loud, leather-lunged preachers that came by our church were affectionately called "mule skinners." They called sin SIN and preached Hell HOT! You didn't need a dictionary to know what they meant; they were plainspoken. They were not mean; they just meant what they said, and you knew what they meant.
They preached that the road to Calvary went by Sinai. They knew that conviction by the law meant conversion by the grace of the Gospel. They preached loud and long, emotionally and effectively, soundly and soberly. They were mule skinners!
They were not affected by psychology and philosophy, but by the Spirit of God and the prophets. They were not always homiletically correct, but they were holy and had convictions. They were mule skinners!
Beneath all their rough exterior and gruff accoutrements, you knew they loved Jesus--and you. They were kind, courteous, compassionate men who bathed their sermons in prayer and trusted God for converts. They sought and often found genuine revival and converts who bore fruit. They were mule skinners!
May God resurrect and increase their kind!
A thought to ponder: The Christian's walk ought to be so aggressive that the Devil will look forward to the rapture.
Isaiah 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
George Whitefield said, "I love the voice that thunders forth the Word. The whole Christian world is asleep, and only a loud voice can awaken it."
When I was a young Christian, the rough, loud, leather-lunged preachers that came by our church were affectionately called "mule skinners." They called sin SIN and preached Hell HOT! You didn't need a dictionary to know what they meant; they were plainspoken. They were not mean; they just meant what they said, and you knew what they meant.
They preached that the road to Calvary went by Sinai. They knew that conviction by the law meant conversion by the grace of the Gospel. They preached loud and long, emotionally and effectively, soundly and soberly. They were mule skinners!
They were not affected by psychology and philosophy, but by the Spirit of God and the prophets. They were not always homiletically correct, but they were holy and had convictions. They were mule skinners!
Beneath all their rough exterior and gruff accoutrements, you knew they loved Jesus--and you. They were kind, courteous, compassionate men who bathed their sermons in prayer and trusted God for converts. They sought and often found genuine revival and converts who bore fruit. They were mule skinners!
May God resurrect and increase their kind!
A thought to ponder: The Christian's walk ought to be so aggressive that the Devil will look forward to the rapture.
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