Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Preach Christ or Live Christ?

"There are many who preach Christ, but not many who live Christ. My great aim will be to live Christ". R.C. Chapman

Chapman said this when he was a young man in his early 20's. Soon after he became the pastor at Ebenezer Chapel, where he was the pastor for almost the rest of his life. He preached his last sermon just before his 98th birthday! So he was not drawing a false dichotomy, as if he could not both preach and live Christ. But he sought to live the message he preached, and that was the power behind his pastorate.

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