John, That Spurgeon excerpt is just beautiful. The last few sentences make up a crescendo that should stir the heart of any preacher or teacher to rightfully preach Jesus Christ. Some further food from Mr. Spurgeon is a story from another sermon of his, contained here: http://www.graceforlife.com/2004/11/starving-under-expository-preaching.html Thanks for a great piece re a greater Lord, Terry Rayburn --- John Reisinger <24jreisinger26@...> wrote: > The following quotation was part of the first sermon preached > by C.H. Spurgeon in the Metropolitan Tabernacle. The subject > was “We Preach Jesus Christ” and the text was Acts 5:42. <snip snip> Visit "Grace For Life" An Oasis of Rest for the People of God http://www.graceforlife.com See The Amazing Clickbank Search Engine http://www.tinyurl.com/r6xv __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com