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How to be heard—and heeded. The apostle Paul spent his prison days in Rome preaching—trying “to convince them about Jesus.” The results: “Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe” (Acts 28:24). About par for the course. Any preacher often wonders, Am I getting across? I believe what I’m saying, but is anyone else convinced? Somnolent nods, glazed over eyes, and, worse,...

will virtually silence our message. The first is that the world is listening to everything else. There is no such thing as a captive audience. Competition nearly overwhelms people; they suffer from overcommitment and overchoice. In my community, people have almost stopped signing up for things in advance; they just show up—if there is nothing better to do. Our world also suffers from the greatest religion of all—confusionism. People are confused about right and wrong, relationships, the future as
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