its fidelity in a trust that the God of the Bible yet honors His Word written long ago. In so doing, the power of this preaching is not the personality of the preacher, though that matters; neither is it in the eloquence of the preacher’s voice, or the creativity of the preacher’s mind. The power in this preaching is in the God of the text. If the power of God is unleashed by faithful representation of His Word, then those who hear the preacher will experience His power. At the same time, this is not