"I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables." (2 Tim. 4:1-4)

"In London, England there is an annual 'Preach Off' to select the best preacher. The judges do not consider the intent of the message, but rather the effectiveness of delivering the message. I would rather preach or hear a sermon that included the Gospel, but would flunk Public Speaking 101, than to preach or hear a Christless sermon that won the 'Preach Off.'" (From Let's Illustrate by Eldon Weisheit, p. 5)

Peter said, "If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God." (1 Pet. 4:11)