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The Pulpit is not a place for Showmanship.

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       BEYOND THE PULPIT                  The Word    The Pulpit is not a place for Showmanship.             "Tosan, what happened? I did not see you in church last week, what happened?" Amanda enquired. "Ah! Nothing o!" Tosan replied. "Ahn ahn! What do you mean by nothing ooo!" Amanda probed further. "Well, I have the leading to just stay back and retrospect." Tosan explained. "Retrospect? On what?" Amanda asked. "Hmmmm... My sister...it almost feels like I'm the subject of discourse for every sermon, simply because I choose to confide with people in the church." Tosan lamented. "Really? What do you mean?" Amanda continued to probe. "Well, I have observed that each time I share a problem, it is used as a topic for each service, and then I am suppose to be comfortable with that...right? I don't understand that the Pulpit should be a place for SHOWMANSHIP where people's vulnerabi...