You can have knowledge, and you can be meticulous in your preparation; but without the unction of the Holy Spirit you will have no power, and your preaching will not be effective.
Topics: Knowledge, Preaching, Holy Spirit
Source: Preaching and Preachers, Zondervan, 1972, p. 319.

We all tend to go to extremes; some rely only on their own preparation and look for nothing more; others, as I say, tend to despise preparation and trust to the unction, the anointing and the inspiration of the Spirit alone. But there must be no "either/or" here; it is always "both/and." These two things must go together.
Topics: Holy Spirit
Source: Preaching and Preachers, Zondervan, 1972, p. 305.

There is a very real danger of our putting our faith in our sermon rather than in the Spirit. Our faith should not be in the sermon, it should be in the Holy Spirit Himself.
Topics: Faith, Preaching, Holy Spirit
Source: Preaching and Preachers, Zondervan, 1972, p. 230.