through Scripture. How do we listen to Scripture so that we can preach the Bible for all its worth in today’s world? To return to Stott’s characterization of evangelical preaching, the area of application is where the problems surface most clearly, for if the sermon is not aimed anywhere in particular, it is bound to hit it. The possibilities and challenge of application in preaching are summed up in the phrase, “Land the plane!” I owe this provocative metaphor comparing a sermon to flying a plane