“Make no mistake about it – preaching is a powerful medium. Think about it. Here you are with a congregation of people in front of you – some are facing God’s judgment for their sin and don’t even know it, while still others have at best a warped sense of Christianity. All that stands between you and this gathered crowd is a book. And you stand, like it or not, as an authority on that Book, telling them what God says about ultimate questions.”
Steven Smith, Dying to Preach: Embracing the Cross in the Pulpit
