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Preaching with Spiritual Vigour: Including Lessons from the Life and Practice of Richard Baxter is unavailable, but you can change that!

Two trends are to be avoided in preaching. On the one hand a subjectivism and entertainment orientation for the crutch of popularity; on the other, an intellectualism, a zimmer frame encouraging impressions of depth and thoughtfulness. We need guidance and help for our preaching that doesn't send us skittering down the road of the latest fad adapted from the world. Richard Baxter is regarded as...

necessarily produce a message of life and power. Such ‘preaching’ can in fact be mere lecturing. Biblical truth is faithfully taught, affirmed, explained and defended, but it is not brought home to the heart. It does not significantly move, change or inspire people. They leave thinking they have heard a ‘good sermon’ yet knowing that they have not really been spiritually fed. Why? Because there is more to good preaching than accurate exegesis, good structure, able communication, powerful illustration
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