“ …the Word of the Lord remains forever. What is this word? It is the Good News that has been brought to you” (1 Peter 1:23).
Recently, a small town newspaper ’s “Religion Column” included the story of a local minister who had been preaching Sunday after Sunday for two years to an empty Church. Before that, there were three members in the congregation. But two died and the third moved away. Nevertheless, each Sunday for two years, the minister went into the pulpit, looked out at the uninterrupted rows of empty pews and preached the Message of Jesus Christ as he understood it.
At one point during this period he decided to turn off the sound system because some of the neighbors were complaining about the noise. When he was asked if he didn’t feel a little foolish preaching to empty pews week after week, he replied, “No. I don’t ever feel foolish. I’m just taking it one Sunday at a time, waiting for…
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