What a great read. Academics tend to forget that most of us who labor in the pulpit need to be mindful of our firm foundation. Jason Allen has not forgotten the call to equip those who labor each Sunday. His writing is clear and his words are very encouraging. I especially commend the preacher’s checklist (chapter 19). Read this and be motivated to sweat in service of the calling and work of preaching.

Steven Smith, Senior Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas; author of Dying to Preach and Recapturing the Voice of God; coauthor of Preaching for the Rest of Us