An Affirmation Of Preacher And Preaching
Let us begin this work on preaching and preachers by examining the scripture for an affirmation of the task to which we have been called and the edge given us as we do it. Preaching has a very long history. In Ecclesiates 1:1 and 12 we read about the "one who addresses an assembly," that is, the preacher or the one who collects or gathers. People gathered together for instruction or wisdom that had been collected together for purposes of teaching. So there seems to be very early an office of "the preacher" or "the teacher."
There are other Old Testament preachers like:
