Words to the Winners
of Souls exhorts seminary students, ministry leaders, and pastors to stay
fervent in their faith. Though its page count is small, Horatius Bonar’s book
issues a big challenge to the leaders of the church: tend to your heart so that
your ministry will produce repentance and spiritual vibrancy in the hearts of
those you preach and minister to.
The chief end for the preacher must be salvation for the
lost and guidance for the saved. Bonar challenges ministerial purpose, asking,
“Has it been the end of my ministry, has it been the desire of my heart to save
the lost and guide the saved? Is this my aim in every sermon I preach, in every visit I pay?” (17).
The ministry of preachers who desire the salvation of the
lost must be characterized by personal application of the gospel. The minister
of the gospel must be devoted to personal transformation. Bonar says, “It is
living fellowship with a living Savior which, transforming us into His image,
fits us for being able and successful ministers of the gospel. Without this
nothing else will avail” (25).
Horatius Bonar’s work, Words
to the Winners of Souls, is worthy reading for seminary students, pastors
and preachers, and church leaders.
Words to Winners of Souls by Horatius Bonar
Published:
Reprinted 1979 by Baker
Length:
76 pages
Thesis Statement: "It is living fellowship with a living Savior which,
transforming us into His image, fits us for being able and successful ministers
of the gospel” (25).
Recommended For: Pastors, preachers, and evangelists
Cheapest Place to Buy: Christianbooks is selling it for $5.49 (US)
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