There Never Was a Pulpit Like the Cross

Do you ever have trouble telling someone else the gospel? I know I do! My knees get weak, my palms sweat, and I have trouble catching my breath. I am not so much afraid of them rejecting me, but what if I say the wrong thing? If I am not a very studious person, what if I tell them something that is not God’s Word? What if I anger them and drive a wedge between them and God so that they never want to listen? What if my efforts create a hostile work environment? What if I lose that person as a friend and thereby lose my opportunity to witness to them forever?

All good questions, right? But, you see, that all these questions, although they seem to be concerned for the “hearer”, are really all about me and my insecurities. I am reminded of what God told Moses when he was concerned about the very same thing…”Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." (Exodus 4:11-12). If we try to “go it alone”, we are likely doomed to fail. Instead, I am reminded that the power is in the cross, not me. If I simply tell THE story, there can be no greater authority.

Listen to the words of this song, and be encouraged and strengthened in your resolve to preach only Christ and Him crucified. Spread the good news everywhere you go!


There Never Was a Pulpit Like the Cross
The Vocal Union
Words and music: Sam L. Sullivan

© 1984 Anthony K. Music (ASCAP)

Jesus climbed the hill of Calvary
And they nailed Him on a cross
Though He had no sin my friend, like me and you
He submitted like a gentle lamb and let them nail Him there
And prayed "Forgive them, for they know not what they do"

Chorus:
Oh, there never was a pulpit like the old rugged cross
And there never was such a meeting place as Calvary
There never was a greater lesson preached on love by mortal man
And there never was a pulpit like the cross

What a crowd was gathered on the hill of Calvary that day
Not long before Christ's victory was won
As His own mother watched and wept beside a friend whom Jesus loved
Christ said, "Dear mother, when I'm gone, he'll be your son"

Repeat Chorus:

A guilty man was hanging on another cross that day
Convicted of some thievery, his sin
And suff'ring Jesus saw some good in him and he forgave that man
And said, "Today, into My Heaven enter in"

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As you sit and pray in comfort, and in finery adorned
Without a thought of shame, regret, or loss
Just think of Jesus on that hill in pain, to awful to be born
And remember that old pulpit called the cross

Repeat Chorus :

No, there never was a pulpit like the cross