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In so doing, he shows us just how essential Christ\u2019s example is to those who seek to minister in his name today.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toctoggle\">Table of Contents <a class=\"button\" href=\"#toc\">Expand \u2193<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"toc\" class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>INTRODUCTION<\/td>\n<td>vii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>OUR LORD WAS NOT A BORING PREACHER<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>OUR LORD WAS AN EVANGELISTIC PREACHER<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>OUR LORD WAS NOT JUST A PREACHER<\/td>\n<td>69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Description Christ was not a boring preacher! \u2018How wonderful it would be,\u2019 says Stuart Olyott in the introduction to Ministering Like the Master, \u2018if Christian preachers throughout the world were ministering like their Master!\u2019 Drawing on examples of Christ\u2019s preaching from the Gospels, Olyott challenges preachers today with three features of their Master\u2019s ministry. 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