The preacher has, indeed, an incalculable advantage over the student of politics in having as his text-book that Bible which speaks of the human heart with a Maker’s knowledge of the thing He has made; by knowing his book he knows the deepest things of daily life.
Wilson asserts that preachers have a unique advantage in understanding human nature through their sacred texts, which informs their approach to politics.
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