Christ was named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation” (Rom. 15:20). A preacher who is satisfied with feeding overstuffed saints, while a pagan world goes to hell, has never understood the call of God to preach the gospel “to every creature” (Mark 16:15). In making that statement, we are not unmindful of the pastor/teacher’s responsibility to “feed [the] sheep” (John 21:17; Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 5:2–4). Paul’s imperative to “preach the word” embraces “teaching” (2 Tim. 4:2–3), but it does
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