By Dr. Paul Chappell
     We live in a day when many people in Christendom give lip service to the authoritative preaching of the Word of God. Yet, upon closer inspection, we see that preaching is being greatly diminished among Bible-believing Christians. Some who claim that preaching is a priority are often found doing less and less of it. In many so-called local churches, the sound exposition of Scripture has been replaced by carnal worship, secular entertainment, drama, dance, movies, and secular psychology.
     Of equal concern is the growing lack of sound exposition in churches that do believe in preaching. Often the sermons of modern day “preachers” are ill-prepared, out of context, and inaccurate to God’s Word rather than prepared with diligent study and prayer. While the delivery may be showy, entertaining, passionate, and zealous, the result of such preaching is powerless and fruitless. This is because we have departed from God’s model of ministry—the preaching of His Word, His way.
In this carnal day of the emergent church movement, Preaching That Pleases God provides a clarion call for preachers and Bible students everywhere to return to biblical preaching as God defined it in His Word. It is a call to return to God’s authority, to God’s mandate, and to God’s model of authentic ministry. It is a call away from the never-ending pursuit of fads and trends, and back to the pursuit of Christ and the accurately preached Word.

By Tom Farrell 
     One of the most discussed topics today is success. Benjamin Disraeli said, “The secret of success is constancy of purpose. Google the word success and you will get 301 million different sites to access. Wikipedia declares success is a level of social status, achievement of an objective or goal, the opposite of failure, the succession of successfully executed tasks and successes. Webster says that success is a favorable or desired outcome.

     I’d like to extend a personal invitation to all of you evangelists to clear your schedule and be with us for the Impact 21 Evangelist Conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C. January 4-6, 2011. This bi-annual meeting is always a blessed and exciting time. Our speakers for the conference will be Dr. Bob Shelton, Evangelist Ken Lynch, Evangelist Rich Tozier, Dr. Steve Pettit and Dr. Tom Farrell. Pastor Carl Wood and the fine folks at Anchor Baptist Church will be hosting us once again. They go out of the way to provide housing and wonderful meals while we are there. Do everything possible to be with us for tremendous music and preaching next year. Pass the word to other veteran evangelists as well as young men entering the field of evangelism. Let’s meet, pray and plan so we can IMPACT our world for Jesus Christ. 

Dr. Tom Farrell

By Ken Lynch
   After a very successful tour of the United States, during which time he was offered the pastorates of two wonderful churches, Rodney returned to his beloved homeland in England and was welcomed warmly by his  friends in Hanley. During his absence, his preacher friend, who later became his own pastor, Rev. S.F. Collier, had started a new mission work in Manchester. This new ministry became known as the Manchester Wesleyan Mission.

By Ron DeGarde
    Sadly today there is a common attitude that invitations are manipulative and wrong. Interestingly this belief coincides with much of the same group that replaced a passion for the lost with theological discussion. We have seen that prophets and preachers in the Bible admonished people to make a public spiritual decision. Consider some responses to common objections to the public invitation.

By Colin Richards 
      While serving as a pastor, I remember inviting my dear friend and the director of Nosnuma International, Mike Redick, to a prayer meeting and friendly fellowship with other pastors. After downing the traditional steak house buffet fare, the Q&A fired up. Knowing, as we all did, that God was sending a rich and white harvest in Asia through the ministry of this unique man, one question was on everyone’s mind:

Please pray earnestly for Evangelist Ken Lynch.  He had a heart attack this week and will be having surgery later this week.