Ryan Tinetti

Through the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, you are not so much coming up with something to preach about as you are coming upon it.

[Nearly] all of us struggle with making the move, as Thomas Long puts it, “from desk to pulpit.” The reason is because our approach to sermon preparation is inadequate.

And in the final analysis it isn’t a matter of whether you use rhetoric, but how. Inasmuch as your preaching is still public speaking...you’re going to get rhetorical.