very, very cruel. Okay, so how do we do it right, then? Show our work! Exegete from the pulpit—from the dinner table, the sofa, and anywhere else you are given opportunity. Where there are people willing to learn, show your work in the text. Teach them how to do that work themselves. It’s just that simple. And please, please … stop writing sermons, and let the Bible speak for itself. A sermon can’t equip anyone. God’s word can and does. Which would you rather provide? Now that the dead horse has