Can I as pastor share some jokes from the pulpit? I guess you did not even think about this. So what do you think? This article calls us to think about the act of preaching. It looks at the preacher and the calling to preach. It calls for serious preaching.

John Calvin had a high view of the ministry of the pulpit, and his preaching showed how much he loved God's church. In this article, the author discusses the characteristics of the preaching of Calvin, drawing examples from his sermons on 2 Samuel.