in Reaching People From The Pulpit. “Indications are that such subjective judgments are seldom reliable.” Some of the preachers he knew who neglected the practice and improvement of delivery skills repeated the same idiosyncratic behaviors which hindered communication during college days and made them the subject of easy prey during dormitory sessions of mimicry. They developed sloppy verbal habits like excessively rapid speech which prevented listeners from even hearing much of what was said. They