As preachers, we must communicate. But as preachers, we must do more than merely communicate. Communication is required in order to preach, but to preach one must do more than just communicate.
We are tour guides through the text, but not merely tour guides. We should be able to make observations and point to scenery and landmarks of particular interest, but we have to do more than merely point out what may have been missed.
Preaching is all that public speaking is... and more. To preach well, one must consider all the demands: winsomeness, articulation, volume, pace, tone, story, tension, truth, tenacity, authenticity, thunder and lightening, boom and brightness, shock and illumination.
As you look ahead to your next preaching assignment, try to consider what you normally overlook. If you gravitate towards comedy, consider careful exegesis. If you drift to word studies, consider anecdotes that illustrate what the words mean.
We must be able to say what God has said and we must consider how God has gone about saying what He has said.
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