Loading…

Folly, Grace, and Power: The Mysterious Act of Preaching is unavailable, but you can change that!

When you stand before your congregation, what do you hope to accomplish when you preach the Word? If people have Bibles and the freedom to read and pray on their own—why do they need you? In short, what do you bring to the table? Author, Pastor, and Professor John Koessler answers those questions and many more. Why does one sermon have a powerful effect on the audience while another falls flat?...

the importance of public speaking to the Christian faith but knew that a razor’s edge must be walked to keep preaching from devolving into an exercise in rhetoric. “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,” he explained, “so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power” (1 Cor. 2:4–5). Like him, we are dependent upon the Spirit’s power not merely for the message but also for the preaching of that message.
Page 30
Buy this book at Logos.com