Preaching is hard work. Anyone who tells you otherwise either has the gifting of Charles Spurgeon (highly unlikely) or is not doing biblical preaching. Practically everyone who takes up the joyful burden of preaching God’s Word discovers that effective sermons don’t come about easily or automatically. When I was getting started as a preacher, the fact that preaching requires hard work didn’t come as a major shock. My big surprise came when I realized the hardest work a preacher must