The Preaching Power of Cardinal John Henry Nerman

What is it about?

The comments of his listeners and Newman’s own reflections on preaching reveals that one of the chief characteristics that granted Newman such power from the pulpit was not his ability to exegete and exposit a biblical text, but rather his ability to exegete and exposit his audience.

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Why is it important?

Modern preachers can learn from Newman’s example the ability to exposit an audience on two levels: the general and the particular, and to properly rely upon each when drawing the audience into the biblical text in the preaching event.