Jason Allen knows preaching, preaching students, and the “Prince of Preachers.” So there’s no one better equipped to give us a volume that extends this great preaching legacy. Allen helps preachers to start well, practice well, and finish well in the ministry of the Word through text-driven, gospel-centered, and listener-friendly sermons. With the feel of a fireside chat, this book makes for a buffet from which all of us who preach can and should feast repeatedly. Whether you’re running your first leg or your last leg of the preaching race, mine this gem for its potent, practical, and timely treasures.

Jim Shaddix, PhD, DMin, W. A. Criswell Professor of Expository Preaching and Senior Fellow of the Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary