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Preaching That Connects: Using Techniques of Journalists to Add Impact is unavailable, but you can change that!

Master the craft of effective communication that grabs attention and wins hearts.Like everyone else, preachers long to be understood. Unfortunately, the rules first learned in seminary, if misapplied, can quickly turn homiletic precision into listener boredom.To capture heart and mind, Mark Galli and Craig Larsen suggest preachers turn to the lessons of journalism. In Preaching That Connects,...

We do not want to be deceptive. We do not want to get people so emotionally charged they’ll do anything we say. We do not want to overpower people’s free wills. But we do want to influence people. The key question is this: What will we influence them for? For our agendas? Or for Christ’s? Rhetoric is like fire: it can burn and destroy; but when used in love, it can bring warmth and light. It is our highest aspiration to bring the warmth and light of Christ’s love to people. We want nothing less than