Loading…

The Moody Handbook of Preaching is unavailable, but you can change that!

Why is it that some can preach for an hour and it seems like five minutes, while others preach for only five minutes and it seems like an hour? The Moody Handbook of Preaching answers this question—first asked by Haddon Robinson—and many others through the experience, knowledge, and understanding of men and women who are experts in their fields and who love God and his church.

must be aware of, and uniquely so when preaching any given psalm. Many psalms are a part of a larger group. So, while Psalm 148 is the cosmic anthem at the center, a powerful note is struck with the climactic declaration: “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord” (Ps. 150:6; cf. 145:21). Obviously, function can be multilayered within a psalm and the psalm’s larger unit (e.g., the Psalms of Ascent, 120–134). Ultimately, the whole Psalter and the entire canon comprise the “boundaries” for any
Page 165