The Place of the Minister of the Word in the Congregation

The church of today is in a state of degradation. The tendency toward form and modernism and away from the fundamentals of Scripture manifests itself on every hand. Development of sound dogma is un­heard of, exegesis and study of the Word of God are almost unknown. Topic preaching has found an estab­lished place in the church. In some of the more mod­ernistic circles timely topics and current events are discussed from sabbath to sabbath. These things in­stead of being explained in the light of...