Three good principles should govern all preaching: stand up, speak up, and then shut up! Once all the material has been read, researched and recorded, then comes the task of writing, or dictating, the sermon in full. For years I wrote out every word of my sermons. More recently, it has been my practice to dictate it on tape or to my homiletical secretary. This helps to impress the material upon one’s mind. It also encourages a free flow of contemporary English, rather than the more stilted form of