who communicates God’s truth. In this aspect, my study has been quite liberating. Understanding the role of the Holy Spirit in preaching has in some ways taken pressure off, and in other ways put more on. In terms of the act of preaching, I sense less pressure as I have come to recognize that it is up to the Holy Spirit to open people’s spiritual eyes to the truths presented in a sermon. At the same time, this doctrine increased pressure for me as I began to understand how crucial it is to accurately
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