cannot dance around difficult passages. Preaching through entire books provides a balanced diet of biblical exposition for your church, and at the same time it defends the authority and value of the whole Bible. Second, following the intent of the last suggestion, try to preach and teach a balance of the Old and New Testament in your church. If the overwhelming majority of a pastor’s sermons come from the New Testament year after year, a message is communicated to the congregation that the Old Testament