Most people will list speaking appeal and ability to draw a crowd as major elements in identifying a fine preacher. I differ. After 40 plus years of delivering from behind or in front of a pulpit, here's what I think are the main traits a Christian preacher should possess: #1 Personal Stability. He or she should basically be a healthy person, one who thinks clearly and is physically able to carry out a preacher's  t asks. #2 An accurate understanding of the faith he or she

#1 Danger in Over-Sleeping A.B. was from my hometown and we attended UT Austin for three of the same years. It was during final exams fort the fall semester, 1958-1959 that I ran into her outside a classroom building She was in tears and terribly distraught. I asked her abpit her problem "I stayed up all night studying for myvFrench final.," A.B. explqined. "You'll be okay," I told her. "We've all done that, and we recovered every time." "But that's not all," she responde