{"id":6132,"date":"2025-08-16T10:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/?page_id=6132"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:21:29","slug":"no-ordinary-minister","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/index.php\/books\/no-ordinary-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"No Ordinary Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6132\" class=\"elementor elementor-6132\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f272f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f272f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8135688\" data-id=\"8135688\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb648ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb648ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-front-713x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6496\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-front-713x1024.jpeg 713w, https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-front-1070x1536.jpeg 1070w, https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-front-209x300.jpeg 209w, https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-front-768x1103.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-front.jpeg 1413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9691d0\" data-id=\"c9691d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6008fc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6008fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/span>This volume contains all the extant sermons of the Rev. James Sinclair\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">who exercised his relatively short ministry during the first quarter of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">the twentieth century, in the John Knox Congregation of the Free\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Presbyterian Church of Scotland in the Gorbals, Glasgow. The\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">eighteen sermons give evidence of a &#8220;workman that needeth not to be\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth&#8221;. They are notable for their\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">theological clarity and set forth in equal measure &#8211; man&#8217;s guilt and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">depravity, and the way of salvation through a crucified and risen\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Saviour. His was no ordinary ministry and his preaching gave no\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">uncertain sound. The reader is left with the palpable impression that\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">his preaching was from the heart and that it is the truth as it is in Jesus.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Hardback 265 pp.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 14px;\">For trade terms please <\/span><a style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/index.php\/contact\/\">contact us.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7ec871 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7ec871\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d7be61\" data-id=\"4d7be61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9badb0e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9badb0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-back-724x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6497\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-back-724x1024.jpeg 724w, https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-back-1086x1536.jpeg 1086w, https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-back-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-back-768x1086.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.shrbt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sinclair-back.jpeg 1443w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-894033f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"894033f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-957f61d\" data-id=\"957f61d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-283268a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"283268a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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