To be honest， this book was better than I thought it would be。 A lot of good ideas for being more creative homiletically while still being faithful to the text。 A few of the suggestions pushed the envelope too far for my comfort， which was disappointing--especially because both of the authors are presbyterian more or less。 Although both Ryken and O'Donnell appear on the cover， it was the latter who wrote the book。 But he footnotes the former on nearly every page。The earlier chapters are more coh To be honest， this book was better than I thought it would be。 A lot of good ideas for being more creative homiletically while still being faithful to the text。 A few of the suggestions pushed the envelope too far for my comfort， which was disappointing--especially because both of the authors are presbyterian more or less。 Although both Ryken and O'Donnell appear on the cover， it was the latter who wrote the book。 But he footnotes the former on nearly every page。The earlier chapters are more cohesive than the latter ones， which basically turn into lists of suggestions。 And I have some theologically quibbles here and there。 Worst， though， are the author's attempts at humor。 Many are quite lame， and the cumulative effect is a difficulty to take him seriously。 But one ought to do so， because he has clearly thought long and hard on the art of preaching， and has much to offer。A major issue is that most of his ideas will work only for those preachers who write out their sermons， a practice I cannot recommend。 It does not seem to me that the author even considered how much of this would work for a more extemporaneous or notes-based preacher。 That is a shame。 。。。more