The Subject Never Got Into You

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A clergyman, after having preached, acknowledged to Judge Niles that some how or other, he failed to get into his subject, while writing the discourse. The Judge replied, That is not the difficulty, the subject never got into you.

The point

A preacher complained he couldn't get into his sermon, but the judge replied the real problem was the subject never entered the preacher's own heart.

Audience

Adults

Tone

Convicting

To tell aloud

under a minute · 39 words

Subjects

Writing Authenticity Preaching

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