I have a confession. Sometimes when I am traveling and unable to sleep, I turn on the TV and channel surf. In those early morning hours, very little holds my attention, not even a Seinfeld rerun. Instead, I end up watching a sermon on a religious channel.
I'm not a Christian, but I'm often captivated. The reason is the preacher's rhetorical power and skills. The memorable ones avoid cheesy histrionics or theatrics.
What a successful preacher knows is that the hundreds ...