docere, deletare, flectere—to teach, to delight, to influence. To touch the mind, the heart, the will. As a cursory study of their preaching shows, Chrysostom, Luther, Whitefield, and Spurgeon, among a host of other great preachers, all followed Augustine’s advice. They knew how to use language to communicate felt truths. They knew instinctively what Pitt-Watson declares: “Unless there is some measure of emotional involvement on the part of the preacher and on the part of his hearers, the kerygma