![]() ![]() ![]() We must learn to benefit from these resources without becoming tied to them or allowing their insights to rob us of the necessary personal experience of discovery and creativity.” WRITE YOURSELF CLEAR The two volumes on Lloyd-Jones should be a prerequisite for all pastors, as well as at least the first volume on Whitefield by Arnold Dallimore. I also find great profit in reading biographies. There are certain books we should return to routinely: Baxter’s The Reformed Pastor, Augustine’s Confessions, and as daunting as we may find it, Calvin’s Institutes. “The pastor should read widely and regularly. In this stage I write down anything that comes to mind – parallel passages, possible illustrations, textual difficulties, poems, hymn quotes, a sketchy outline if it emerges naturally.” READ YOURSELF FULL We do not want to be uncertain by the time our study ends, but it is all right and often beneficial to avoid the proud assumption that we know initially what everything means. “It is helpful if we can survey the passage in a proper spirit of unlearnedness. He mentions five points he “learned from an older minister when was a theological student.” 1 THINK YOURSELF EMPTY ![]() One section of the work that is particularly helpful is on his own method of sermon preparation. If you want to find out more about Begg’s thoughts on preaching you can reach for his little booklet Preaching for God’s Glory. There is an art and unction to his preaching uncommon in our time. I find him to be a model of convictional clarity in exposition. One of my favorite living preachers is Alistair Begg. ![]()
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