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Look after Your Voice: Taking Care of the Preacher’s Greatest Asset is unavailable, but you can change that!

As a hammer is to a carpenter, a scalpel to a surgeon, a trowel to a brick mason or a needle to a tailor—so the voice is to a preacher. Man’s voice is the primary means God uses to deliver His Word to mankind, yet how often we who are called to impart the most important truths in the world are apt to neglect, if not willfully abuse our all-vital ‘tool of the trade’. Can there be any more pitiful...

Huh!’ or ‘Hmmmm!’ (For many people, the pitch will rise the louder they shout.) Then, of course, the voice will (and must!) vary in pitch. Inflection is the ‘tune’ of the voice. The Welsh have a natural ‘sing-song’, but we must all learn to cultivate an interesting voice—one that is easy on the ear of the listener and on the throat of the speaker. Again, practising by reading some descriptive literature can be of great benefit. Helpful as ever, Spurgeon advised his students to Lower the voice when
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