After having served the Lord in the preaching ministry for almost 35 years and having served as a pastor of two churches in two states and sharing my gifts of preaching teaching and rightly dividing God s Word I have committed to share more by writing PREACHING FROM THE PULPIT OF NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH . It has been a blessing and a pleasure to evangelize baptize and stand as a shepherd to so many people and to witness their acceptance of Jesus Christ as their LORD and SAVIOR. My hope and desire is that God will use this book of sermons to serve at least three different purposes: The first is that He will use it as a tool of evangelism to every unsaved person who reads it; the second is that He will use it as a tool of inspiration to every saved person who reads it; and the third is that He would use it as a tool of preparation and assistance for every preacher who reads it.