Clowns, Jesus, and the Preaching

It is 9:30 A.M. on a Sunday morning. God's people, and you with them, are all seated together in God's house of worship. You are all prepared to worship and serve your God by singing praises to His name, by reading His Word, and by hearing the voice of the Great Shepherd of the sheep speak to you through His herald, His official ambassador, your minister. And you are very eager for that too. Anxiously you await the moment for your minister to come through the door onto the platform and before...