1. In order to respect both liturgical consistency and the role of the homilist in the drama of the Divine Service: Let the pulpit be for proclamation, not personal prayer.
  2. Whenever you preach the Word of God, with whatever preparation, it is evermore the Spirit who preaches.
  3. These poets are gifts of God, and it is only good homiletical stewardship to use them for all they are worth.
  4. Too often sermons are like treadmills: Lots of work that takes us nowhere. Better for your sermon to be like an escalator: Move your people onward and upward in faith.
  5. Preachers, just because there is a placeholder carved out right there in the liturgy which says SERMON, that does not give us license to blather.

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