Living the Kingdom/Table, Table, Table
Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 10:15AM David Buttrick was one of my preaching professors at Vanderbilt. His father was George Buttrick, a famed preacher from Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City. From Dr. Buttrick’s point of view, the church’s primary mission was to serve the poor and this influenced every aspect of how he prepared us to become ministers. Stooped over his cane, he would say to us, “Do not take fees for weddings so that the poor can also afford you. Be known as the minister who does not charge to be an instrument of the gospel.” Ehhh. He also carried a mug that said, “I’m from New York, what’s your excuse.” But he gave no excuses when it came to his seriousness to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. He said,



