Essays on Preaching (52)
  1. By more intentionally and consistently incorporating the concrete elements of story and metaphor into your preaching, you refresh your language, serve your people, and shed fresh light on the Gospel.
  2. The goal of Arrangement is to make the proclamation of the Gospel clearer and more compelling for your hearers.
  3. Through the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, you are not so much coming up with something to preach about as you are coming upon it.
  4. [Nearly] all of us struggle with making the move, as Thomas Long puts it, “from desk to pulpit.” The reason is because our approach to sermon preparation is inadequate.