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Small Preaching: 25 Little Things You Can Do Now to Become a Better Preacher is unavailable, but you can change that!

Is bigger always better? It’s not often that we hear the virtues of the small. Our culture teaches that bigger is better—and that includes church ministry and preaching, too. But what if rather than swinging for the fences, preachers focused on improving their sermons through small habits, practices, and exercises? What if smaller is better? In a world where “small” isn’t always celebrated,...

What is the distinction? We can define preaching as the invitational and exhortational proclamation of biblical and theological truth. Teaching, by contrast, is the explanation and explication of biblical and theological truth. What is shared between Christian preaching and teaching is the content—biblical and theological truth. The difference lies in the mode and immediate goal. Preaching is biblical and theological content selected and presented in a mode of proclamation with the immediate goal
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