David Hegg, Appointed to Preach, Christian Focus Publications, 1999, p. 55.
Even as God is at work shaping desire and growing a man in the areas of knowledge and ability, the first and most visible mark of the called man is godly character. While great gifts and broad knowledge are certainly a blessing in public ministry, no amount of academic or ministerial brilliance matters if the man is not first known to be conspicuously holy.
David Hegg, Appointed to Preach, Christian Focus Publications, 1999, p. 55.