should shape and inform the practice of preaching in the contemporary, post-apostolic context. Such overviews are valuable, and it is not the purpose of this present study to recapitulate their findings. However, two key, interrelated questions remain outstanding (from which a number of secondary questions will flow). First, according to Scripture, is there actually such a thing as ‘preaching’ that can be differentiated in any way from other forms of word ministry? Or, if there was such a phenomenon