“Men are God's method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.”
Chapter I
Bounds is addressing the character and prayer life of those who minister. Read the surrounding chapter alongside its strong rhetorical claims.
“Preaching is not the performance of an hour. It is the outflow of a life.”
Chapter I
Two consecutive sentences. Bounds connects public ministry with the life and character of the minister.
“Prayer makes the man; prayer makes the preacher; prayer makes the pastor.”
Chapter I
The paragraph concerns private communion with God and the preparation of the person who preaches.
“The preaching man is to be the praying man. Prayer is the preacher's mightiest weapon.”
Chapter I
Bounds calls those entrusted with preaching to make prayer part of their own lives.