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Preaching with Balance: Achieving and Maintaining Biblical Priorities in Preaching is unavailable, but you can change that!

Imagine that preaching is like a 'see-saw' or 'teeter-totter.' It is not much fun unless the people on both sides are roughly equal in weight. If not then one will suspended in the air, the other stuck on the ground both going nowhere! Is this what you want of your congregation? Are they left high and dry or down in the dumps by their experience? Donald Hamilton doesn't want them to suffer this...

with rare pulpit gifts, the use of a manuscript constitutes a handicap.’7 Almost all who comment on this method agree: those who use a manuscript should not try to conceal the fact. Most in the audience will be aware that the sermon is being read and will not appreciate any attempt at deception. One further word about manuscripts: whether the preacher plans to read from a complete manuscript or not, it is a worthwhile discipline to write out sermons completely, at least on some occasions. This is
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