| PREACHING and PREACHERS - Qualifications | 傳道與傳道人 - 條件 |
| Nearness to Christ, intimacy with him, assimilation
to his character - these are the elements of a ministry of power. Horatius Bonar 親近基督、與祂親密來往並效法祂的樣式 - 這些就是牧者得力的要素。 |
| The church is looking for
better methods; God is looking for better men. E. M. Bounds 教會在尋找更好的方法；上帝在尋找更好的人。 |
| The minister is to be a live man, a real man, a true
man, a simple man, great in his love, great in his life, great in his work, great in his
simplicity, great in his gentleness. John Hall 牧者要成為有生命、真實、正直、單純的人，在生活中、工作中、樸實中及謙恭中偉大的人。 |
| A preacher should have the
mind of a scholar, the heart of a child and the hide of a rhinoceros. His biggest
problem is how to toughen his hide without hardening his heart. Vance Havner 傳道人必須有學者的心智、兒童的心以及河馬的潛藏。他最大的問題是如何增進內斂而不會使他的心變得剛硬。 |
| Ministers must not be afraid of the rich. Matthew Henry 牧者必須不畏富人。 |
| Prayer, meditation and
temptation make a minister. Martin Luther 禱告、沈思默想及試探造出一個傳道人。 |
| The fundamental qualification for teaching is
learning. Andrew McNab 教導最基本的條件就是學習。 |
| A preacher should know four
things - his times, his Bible, his God and himself. Joseph Sizzoo 一個傳道人必須知道四件事 - 他的時間、他的聖經、他的上帝以及他自己。 |
| What manner of men should ministers be? They
should thunder in preaching, and lighten in conversation. They should be flaming in
prayer, shinning in life and burning in spirit. C. H. Spurgeon 傳道人應該成為甚麼樣式的人呢？他們必須在傳講中帶著雷聲、交談中帶著閃電亮光。他們必須在禱告中火熱、生活中發光並在靈裡燃燒。 |
| You do not need to be
eloquent, or clever, or sensational, or skilled in dialectic: you must be real. James S. Stewart 你不需要有能雄辯的口才、聰穎過人、感情豐沛或者辯證的技巧：你必須是真實的。 |
| Three things make a preacher - reading, prayer
and temptation. John Trapp 三件事情造就出傳道人 - 閱讀、禱告及試探。 |
| Give me one hundred
preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw
whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up
the kingdom of heaven on earth. John Wesley 給我一百位除了罪以外別無所懼，除了上帝別無所求的人，我也不在乎他們是神職人員或者平信徒；光憑他們就能震撼地獄大門並在世上建立天國。 |
| When I believe to be absolutely necessary for a
guide of souls is a faith unfeigned, the love of God and our neightbour, a burning zeal
for the advancement of Christ's kingdom, with a heart and life wholly devoted to God. John Wesley 作為一個靈魂指引的必要條件是一顆真實無偽的信心，對上帝及鄰舍的愛心，為建立基督國度的旺盛的熱心以及全然忠於上帝的心志與生命。 |