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world'). Even so, the numerical ranking 'Lloyd-Jones
lecturers' give 'the preacher's maturity' is lower than
that of those other two groups (table 26). Following the
response to question eight consistently, more
'Lloyd-Jones lecturers' speak on this subject in class
presentations than do 'Tillich lecturers', but again less
than 'Stewart'+'Rahner lecturers' (28). In response to
question 9, however, 'Lloyd-Jones lecturers' stand on the
low extreme. Only a quarter of them believe a sermon
must accord with the preacher's spiritual life (31).
In contrast, Lloyd-Jones himself gave great emphasis
to the preacher's own knowledge and experience. The
following Lloyd-Jones opinions document this. The
preacher cannot merely choose to preach; he must be
conscious of a "call." i 'l His affirmation of a
conservative confession of faith must be certain."'
He works diligently at the preparation of himself for
preaching in general and for specific sermons.16.
Lloyd-Jones, even with his undying devotion to "the
Truth," realized that preached truth came through
personality.
A sermon is meant to be a proclamation of the
truth of God as mediated through the preacher.
People . . . have come to listen to you (the
preacher]; you are the man of God, you have
been called to the ministry, you have been
ordained; and they want to hear this great
truth as it comes through you, through the
whole of your being. They expect it to have
passed through your thought, to be part of your
experience; they want this authentic personal
note. 17
If one steps back from Lloyd-Jones's commitment to