You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
The preacher must present, not book reviews, not politics, not economics, not current topics of the day, not a philosophy of life denying the Bible and based upon unproven theories of science, but the Word. The preacher as a herald cannot choose his message. He is given a message to proclaim by his Sovereign. If he will not proclaim that, let him step down from his exalted position (Wuest, Riches 22).