The Most Reverend and Right Honorable Donald Coggan, Archbishop of
Canterbury, preaches on the subject of preaching during a Eucharist service at New
York's Riverside Church opening the three-day conference of Trinity Institute. Urging
that the "Sacrament of the Word" not be neglected, Archbishop Coggan proposed a
definition of Christian preaching: "exposition, exposure of God's revelation in Christ
declared in the Scriptures in the power of the Holy Spirit" so that "mind is stimulated,
will is challenged, and heart is warmed." Terming preaching an "awesome" task,
the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, with 46.7 million members,
also said what preaching should not be: "my views with a dash of religion" or "an
essay, however well polished" or "little snippets thought up late on Saturday night."
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