This picture reminds me of the first time I started preaching on a College Campus because it is the exact spot I first preached at the Arizona State University back in 2008. I didn’t know what I was doing back then, so the only thing I knew was to spend time in prayer before, read the Scriptures, and ask God to move on the campus. When I got to the campus that first time, I knew the best thing I could do was to read from God’s Holy Word and allow God to speak to the students walking by me. That is where the power is! Not in my words but in the Holy Scriptures…
I remember reading an article about John Calvin, where he made it clear that the Word of God should be preeminent in the preaching. He said that preachers should make sure the Word of God is declared more so than any man’s words. I still try to take that simple message to heart to this day…
Preach the Word…LITERALLY!