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The art of preaching is one of the most important acts of ministry. The sermon teaches, challenges and convicts. This handbook will serve as an invaluable resource helping the pastor, minister and preacher prepare and deliver effective sermons. The Handbook of Contemporary Preaching is perhaps the most encyclopedic text on preaching in any language. Michael Duduit has compiled the finest counsel...

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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