---
title: 'The Burning Heart'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Marinus Vander Meulin'
date: 1927-05-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Preaching'
- 'Pastoral Theology'
- 'Personal Piety'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 10'
- 'Acts 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/vander-meulin-1927-the-burning-heart
---

# The Burning Heart

Commencement address urging ministers to cultivate a 'burning heart'—passionate, convictional preaching to combat modern neutrality, mechanization, and shallow substitutes.

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