Put the cookies on the shelf where people can reach them. The preacher is not there to bewilder with theological terms, awe with Hebrew and Greek words, or impress with English eloquence. That is not to say lofty doctrinal concepts cannot be presented, but that the intent is not to amaze the audience with our oratorical splendor rooted in seminary speak, but to make truth accessible to understanding and applicable to daily life.
Think of Jesus setting a child on His lap and illustrating the simplicity of faith or pointing to fowls in the sky and flowers in the soil as evidence of God’s care for His children. No wonder that “the common people heard Him gladly” (Mark 12:37 NKJV). When that can be said of your sermon, then you have preached like Jesus!
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