Good Preaching

A final (or perhaps nearly final) quote from Why Johnny Can't Preach:

To preach the Word of God well, one must already have cultivated, at a minimum, three sensibilities: the sensibility of the close reading of texts, the sensibility of composed communication, and the sensibility of the significant.

(T. David Gordon, Why Johnny Can't Preach, Kindle location 1012)



To preach better, we need to learn to read carefully, rather than distractedly, to write clearly and thoughtfully, rather than haphazardly, and to emphasize the important, not just the intriguing, in both our study and our sermons.