Page 91 - Clearwater Christian College 1992

aking His

Message of

Hope to the

Lost World

Much preparation, practice, and study go into

becoming a preacher. Bible majors study many

hours as they investigate the wonders of the

Word to prepare sermons and devotionals.

Assembling their notes into a coherent for­

mat, they develop devotionals and shorter ser­

mons before tackling a sermon of substantial

length. Because of the great responsibility of

teaching others from the Bible, the men take

many hours to prepare. Once on paper, the

sermon needs to be practiced so that it flows

without interruption. While practicing, they

rely on the Holy Spirit to show them points

they may want to emphasize or on which to

develop a completely different sermon.

The Bible program is directed by men who

have earned the respect of the young men they

instruct. Jeremy Coppock says, “As I see God’s

plan for my life, they are why I am here,

surrounding myself with men who are like

what I want to be.”

A first semester graduate

and former proctor, Ernie

Neely is using the princi­

ples he learned as a Pas­

toral Studies major as a

middle school Bible teach­

er at Grace Baptist Acad­

emy of Kankakee, Illinois.

The “ Preacher Boys’’ are

front row: G. Kyungu, J.

Hunt, R. Martinez, K. En-

gler, J. Germaine, and J.

Schmidt; second row: Dr.

Brown, division chairman,

N. Burke, L. Laughton, B.

Miller, G. Alberding, J.

Damron, P. Lopez, B. Mc-

Clintock, R. Burzese, J.

Adrian, M. Towler, and Dr.

Spotts, college chaplain,