Preach 'Believe and Live'

To All the 'Emergent' Preachers:

We must all throw our strength of judgment, memory, imagination, and eloquence into the delivery of the gospel; and not give up preaching of the cross our random thoughts while wayside topics engross our deeper meditations. Depend upon it, if we brought the intellect of a Locke or Newton, and the eloquence of a Cicero, to bear upon the simple doctrine of 'believe and live,' we should find no surplus of strength. Brethren, first and above all things, keep to plain evangelical doctrines: whatever else you do or do not preach, be sure incessantly to bring forth the soul-saving truth of Christ and him crucified.

Sincerely,

C.H. Spurgeon (from Lectures to My Students, p. 86-7)