I’m sure that we all have have our preferences when it comes to preaching styles.  Some prefer the preacher that is in a constant roar, these guys are often referred to as wind suckers.  There is also a group referred to as hackers.  Their sermons go something like, “I’m glada that Jesus saves sinersa.”  Perhaps you prefer the kind of preacher that is a silver tongued orator.  These guys could bring an audience to tears while describing the story of Humpty Dumpty.  Whatever your preference, it is a mistake to dismiss a guy simply on the grounds of style.  The wonderful thing about the gospel is that it’s efficacy does not rest in the individual speaker.  I remember hearing my pastor say on several occasions that the power of the gospel does not rest in the strength of ones voice.  My Pastor did not say this to defend his quiet voice, his voice measures on the Richter scale.  I have heard it said by many people that a certain preacher is a dead head all on the grounds that he is monotone or soft spoken.  I have also heard a preacher discredited for yelling everything from start to finish.  I hope that you will have confidence in a gospel that can soften the heart of the vilest sinner no matter who the preacher happens to be.

Paul decalred that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation.  The gospel then is all that is needed for a sinner to be called to salvation.  The gospel has the abiltiy to draw the sinner whether it be spoken, written, or sang.  The word of God is quick and powerfull no matter whether a windsucker gives it or that guy that just wants to chat with you.  Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit says the Lord.

It is a serious problem when the effectiveness of the gospel is thought to hinge on the individual.  To say that a speaker is dead or boring because he is not not loud and stimulating is to say the gospel is inefective when the speaker does not fit your particular taste.  The obvious conclusion that can be drawn from such rational is that the gospel is not powerful until the preacher makes it poweful.  It is also a mistake to didain a sermon because of the yelling preacher.  Does the gospel lose it’s power because the guys yelling annoys you or makes you uncomfortable?

I will close with a few verses since it is inevitable that some will still not understand that the gospel is effective no matter who is presenting it.  We simply have the wonferful oportunity of being ambassadors for Christ.

Isiah 55:11  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

In other words, every single time the gospel is presented it accomplishes God’s purpose, no matter how individuals respond

John 6:37  All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.