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[Note<\/strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2<\/strong>\u00a0 page.]<\/span><\/p>\n It is not unusual to hear uncomplimentary remarks made about those who are supported by others while they preach the Gospel. Often we are referred to as \u201cprofessional preachers\u201d in a derogatory way. \u201cHe\u2019s just preaching for the money,\u201d is sometimes said in almost the same breath. I offer the following thoughts on the subject:<\/span><\/p>\n What others are driving at, I suspect, in their potshots at the \u201cprofessional ministry\u201d (their term) is the elimination of the influence of a strong and sound pulpit. Granted, the pulpit has sometimes been misused by preachers. Yet, I am persuaded those men (and their dedicated families) who preach the Gospel are more responsible for advancing the kingdom to its present level of strength than any other one group. It is evident that some want to replace Gospel preaching with \u201cdialogue,\u201d panel discussions, syrupy and comedic \u201csermonettes,\u201d or almost anything else but the Bible. It will be a sad day in the kingdom if the \u201canti-professionals\u201d get the upper hand. It is elementary that a weak, soft, or empty pulpit will produce the same sort of church.<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it was published in The Lighthouse, <\/em>weekly bulletin of Northpoint Church of Christ, Denton, TX, February 6, 2011, of which I was editor.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution:<\/strong> From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 0[Note:\u00a0 This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 2\u00a0 page.] It is not unusual to hear uncomplimentary remarks made about those who are supported by others while they preach the Gospel. Often we are referred to as \u201cprofessional preachers\u201d in…<\/p>\n\n