accenting his integrity, sincerity, and desirable attitudes, along with personal morals and behavior. Practicing what we preach involves much more than merely rehearsing our sermon. Christian thought through the centuries has explored what it means to be a good man. The minister’s attitudes, relationships, beliefs and behavior ought to buttress his spoken words. No subject is mentioned more often in the Yale Lectures on preaching than the preacher’s personal character. Today many of our hearers hunger