the Atlantic many times over in order to be there just to come under its gracious influence.’139 We emphasise that Lloyd-Jones was not advocating slovenliness in preparation, but there are times when the preacher may go less prepared than he would wish into the pulpit and yet still deliver a very powerful address. Unction is not a reward even for hard work, however laudable the discipline is. Unction causes the preacher to ‘burn’ ‘Preaching’, exclaimed Lloyd-Jones, ‘is theology coming through a man