50 Peop Ev. Christian Should Know: 7.Ch Evans & 15. Al MacClaren

1. Although Christmas couldn't read nor write What changed his life when He was 17?

• His father died so her mother put him in a school in order to be a pastor.

• He went to a very special trip with his stepfather.

• He left the farm and went to work for a Presbyterian minister.

• Because his father died, he was repeatedly involved in fights, so he went to jail and a pastor shared the Gospel with him there.

2. What did the Welsh word "hwyl" mean in preaching?

• It refered to “catching the wind of the Spirit”. So it meant that the preaching was being carried along with great spiritual power.

• It was the Canvas of a ship. So it referd to the cloth used in a ship to navegate with the wind.

• How were you and your family lately?

• How

  Was

  Your preaching

  Last year?

Why would some think it was too difficult for him to read or study the Bible?

• Because he learnt to read and write, jus when he was 17.

• Because he lost one eye.

• Because he didn't like to study the Bible.

• Because he lost one hand.

4. Who had a a godly influence on Alexander Maclaren?

• His pastor David Maclaren.

• His father David Maclaren.

• His mother who read the Bible to their children frequently.

• Nobody, he was guided by God.

5. Why did Alexander Maclaren didn't want to accept invitation to go out to preach to other Churches or outside?

• Because he only accepted the invitations from well known Churches,

• Because he didn't like traveling, instead, he preferred to stay with his family.

• He preferred to stay with his wife and children, instead of traveling to places where he didn't know the people nor the Church.

• He preferred to study the Bible and feed his people. He frequently said: “a home-going pastor makes a church-going people.”

6. He meditated long hours to understand the heart and mind of God., so What did he do when he discovered a truth?

• He loved to share it and preach it on his Sunday sermon.

• He tried to study it in all of the original languages that he had studied: Greek and Hebrew.

• He shared it first with his wife, then with his children, then to his friends, and finally to the Church.

• He first applied it to himself and then he thought the best way to share it with his people.