Distinguished Gentleman: Statesman of the Pulpit

On the Office, the Vessel, and the Word That Would Not Return Void

There is a particular kind of person who does not merely speak about God but speaks for God, who does not simply announce the news of heaven but stands as its credentialed representative in the geography of human suffering. This was the pastor-statesman. And before we mourn his passing or celebrate his memory, we must understand who he was in the most f…