time and practice. This digestible plainness is a key trait in the most gifted preachers of our time. The fact of the matter is good preaching doesn’t just happen, but neither is it reserved for the uniquely gifted. To assume otherwise is to deny the Bible’s testimony about the true source of effectiveness in preaching and delivery. And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. For I determined to know nothing among