Sinclair B. Ferguson

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Things Unseen with Sinclair B. Ferguson · Servants for Jesus' Sake · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

And alas, you can get a following that way, and some of these people are now a success. voice-verified

So you see, there are various success models, and success models for ministry are certainly alive and well in the twenty first century, and sadly destroying other people's success can sometimes prove almost as successful. voice-verified

What a mess our sinful hearts can create. voice-verified

Yes, also when we're in the ministry. voice-verified

I remember a friend telling me that his seminary president used to say to them voice-verified

There are two chief sins in the ministry. voice-verified

Laziness and pride. voice-verified

and you can tell from Second Corinthians four, verses one to six, that Paul resisted both. voice-verified

And pastors and preachers need help to do that today too. voice-verified

But second, Paul describes his preaching as the open statement of the truth. voice-verified

He uses the word phanerosis, which means a manifestation, a revelation, a disclosure. voice-verified

It's a great word to describe what we're seeking to do when we preach, to unfold, to manifest what's actually there in the text of Scripture. voice-verified

I love what the Scottish Old Testament professor John Rabbi Duncan said about Jonathan Edwards preaching. voice-verified

He said his doctrine is all application, and his application is all doctrine. voice-verified

And he meant that in Edward's preaching there was a kind of double phanorosis. voice-verified

God's word was exposed and made plain, and as a result people's hearts were exposed, and God dealt with them. voice-verified

And that's certainly what we need in the preaching of the word. voice-verified

But third, Paul says that he doesn't preach himself but voice-verified

But then he adds, But we preach Jesus Christ as Lord with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. voice-verified

Doesn't that strike you as odd? voice-verified

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