1. Hymns were a means by which people were brought into direct contact with the Gospel that brought justifying faith. Set to music, they could readily memorize it, take it home with them, and rehearse its messages around the hearth and at work.
  2. When God’s strong Word is wedded to beautiful human words it makes for a potent one-two punch that fells the Devil and raises the saints.
  3. Sermons begin with an audience of one, me. But, preaching to oneself is always dangerous.
  4. Those first few words from the preacher’s mouth are worth their weight in spun gold.
  5. Instead of an example to chase, preachers preach a Jesus who seeks, finds, and remakes, even as He gives Himself away on the lips of imperfect preachers, Sunday after Sunday.

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