herald’s authority is always a conferred authority (exousia), not personally generated authority (dynamis). Authority is not authoritarianism. For the authoritarian preacher, the weight of the proclamation depends on him as the herald; for the preacher who has authority, the weight of the proclamation depends on the One who sent him. In the pulpit the herald represents God, not himself. He is not his own person. He will always be tempted to abuse rather than use his authority, and he must carefully