sermon preparation

Preaching, rightly conceived, is not a monologue. A monologue is delivered by an actor to a single voice and an audience. But preaching, true preaching, must never be a spectacle before passive observers, nor delivered to be appreciated by connoisseurs like a concerto. Preaching is a dialogue, and in some ways the hardest kind, where only one side is verbal and the other happens deep in hearts and hidden minds. A good preacher must learn…