The fire and the heartbeat in a sermon are formed in the preparation, not in the moment. If a preacher is to preach with earnestness and intensity, with fire and heart, then he must acquire the burden of the message in the preparation. For he who would preach on his feet, all of life is preparation. But here we mean the more specific work of the preacher concerning the message, the Word of God, and how to approach communicating to a specific audience. Buckley summarizes the best practice for preaching