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Preaching: What a Quaint Idea!

This address/sermon was delivered at the Preachapalooza Banquet during the 2016 National Festival of Young Preachers, January 2016, in Lexington, Kentucky. It was published in Heaven and Earth: Sermons from the 2016 National Festival of Young Preachers (Chalice Press, 2016) edited by Dwight A. Moody. It is reproduced here, slightly edited.

We launch this series of public addresses on the theme, social significance of preaching. Like an underground river, this convictions runs unseen beneath all that has blossomed these last seven years. It came to my attention while teaching and mentoring college ministerial students. They were smart and talented. They loved Jesus and wanted to make a difference in the world. But they were not convinced you could do that from a pulpit. …

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