abolish the pulpit

Austin Gardner • June 25, 2023

Better abolish pulpits than fill them with men who have no experimental knowledge of what they teach.



 C. H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students: A Selection from Addresses Delivered to the Students of the Pastors’ College, Metropolitan Tabernacle., vol. 1 (London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1875), 5.


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