Author: Warren Berkley

The new minister’s family was presented with a pie baked by a congregational member who was a rather poor cook. The pie was inedible, so the minister’s wife reluctantly threw it into the garbage. The preacher was faced with the problem of thanking the baker and at the same time being truthful. After much thought, he sent the following note: “Thank you for being so kind and thoughtful. I can assure you that a pie like yours never lasts long at our house.”

Green, M. P., ed. (1989). Illustrations for Biblical Preaching: Over 1500 sermon illustrations arranged by topic and indexed exhaustively (Revised edition of: The expositor’s illustration file). Baker Book House.

If Christ and the apostles were to show up in our assemblies and classes today – We know exactly what they would say, because they have already said it! It’s in the book we bring to this place.

So we teach and preach from that book. We believe what it says is infallible truth. We measure all that we hear with this book. We examine ourselves with this book. Our work as a local church is governed by this book. We live by it, hope in it, review it, rejoice in it and contend for it.

It is what Christ and His apostles caused to be written for us today. Any questions?