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Originally published in Born to Preach: Essays in Honor of the Ministry of Henry & Ella Mitchell, Samuel K. Roberts, ed. (Judson Press, 2000), 5562.
Dr. Miles Jerome Jones adheres to a lesson taught by Henry Mitchell: preaching is for the listener, not the preacher. The preacher should take on the role of servant, seeking out the best methods for sermons to inspire genuine change in the lives of those who hear the words. Through examination of the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Luke, Jones finds three necessary components for a sermon to bless the preacher and the listeners.>/p>
MILES JEROME JONES, MA, is professor of homiletics at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University. He has served for thirty-five years as pastor of congregations in the Richmond, Virginia, area.