The Christian preacher

The Christian preacher is not the successor to the Greek orator, but of the Hebrew prophet. It is one thing to rouse or persuade people to do something.....It is another to have to induce them to trust somebody and renounce themselves for him.... The orator stirs men to (action), the preacher invites them to be redeemed." P T Forsyth as quoted by Timothy Keller's Preaching