Preaching the Word*

* Taken from The Art of Prophesying by William Perkins. Used with permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. See the review elsewhere in this issue. We have discussed the preparation of the substance of the sermon. Now we must think about the actual preaching itself. Here two things are essential: (i) the hiding of human wisdom, and (ii) the demonstration or manifestation of the Spirit. Human wisdom must be concealed, both in the content of the sermon and in the language we use. The...