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Table of Contents
Foreword, Frank Jamerson
The Preacher's Personal Devotion, Gary Henry
The Preacher's Daily Discipline, Mark Roberts
The Preacher's Ethics, Matt Allen
The Preacher's Battle With Pornography, Jason Hardin
The Preacher's Temptation to Commit Adultery, Edwin Crozier
The Preacher's Money, David Banning
The Preacher's Relation With Brethren, Frank Walton
The Preacher's Role In Unity With The Local Church, Russ Bowman
The Preacher's Friends, Ken Weliever
The Preacher's Toys (Technology's Impact), Edwin Crozier
The Preacher As A Husband, Curtis Pope
Final Thoughts, Warren Berkley
Preaching is vital. It takes God’s message, drives it through the personality of a man, and joins to it a motivation designed to cause people to make life changes–changes that relate to eternity. Preaching is not restricted to one kind of personality or one kind of talent, but its message can be disseminated by all who love the King and rejoice in His grace.
Preaching is not a job. It is a way of living life–albeit a special way. It imposes on a person’s life special responsibilities, all the while presenting its special opportunities as well. Since it is so distinctive a way of living life, it presents its own set of problems and difficulties.
Warren Berkley’s "Behind The Preacher’s Door," is a book by preachers for preachers. In it there is a conglomerate of pertinent information designed to help preachers–young and old alike–live this life in a way that profits men and glorifies God. It is, at first glance, a book of warnings, warnings about various things that pose potential problems for preachers; but there is more to it than that. It has a positive aspect, too. It shows the gospel at work in the lives of men who are dedicated to the proposition that Jesus Christ is the King and that He deserves the best we have to offer. I like that.
"Behind The Preacher’s Door" deserves a serious read. It is a book for preventative maintenance as well as positive reinforcement. It deserves a place in the preacher’s office–not on his bookshelf, mind you, but on his desk–that it may be a constant reminder of the potential pitfalls involved in this most noble of professions. I am pleased to recommend it.
Paul Earnhart
Preaching the gospel is a God-given task to be undertaken by those men who have the knowledge and ability to communicate to the hearts of men the mind and will of God.
Preaching certainly needs to be biblically sound in its
content and ably delivered. But nothing is more critical to success in
declaring this life-transforming message than the godly character of the one
proclaiming it. Preaching is not a profession but a function of being a
disciple of Jesus. The most important thing about those who preach is not
that they are preachers but that they are devoted Christians. That
certainly is the ideal but there is no myth so widely held as the idea that
those who spend their lives preaching the gospel are somehow insulated from the
temptations that assault other disciples. To the contrary it may be true
to say that they are confronted by even more.
Behind the Preacher’s Door is a book that faces this reality squarely and candidly and offers both warning and wise counsel in meeting and overcoming the challenges with which preachers struggle. This is a book that has been long needed and we commend Warren Berkley and his writers for their diligent work in producing it. Preachers young and old will read it with great profit.
