preaching? We are hard pressed to find a better definition than the one given by J. I. Packer in God Has Spoken: “The true idea of preaching is that the preacher should become a mouthpiece for his text, opening it up and applying it as a word from God to his hearers, talking only in order that the text itself may speak and be heard.” Packer noted that the preacher must “[make] each point from his text in such a manner that” [quoting from the Westminster dictionary] “the hearers may discern how God teacheth