The church cannot but preach lest it deny its own identity and abdicate its ordained purpose. Preaching is communication, but not mere communication. It is human speech, but much more than speech. As Ian Pitt-Watson notes, preaching is not even “a kind of speech communication that happens to be about God.”3 Its ground, its goal, and its glory are all located in the sovereign will of God. The act of preaching brings forth a combination of exposition, testimony, exhortation, and teaching. Still, preaching
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