Preaching Without Notes

In this important book Webb makes two central claims. First that effective preaching without a manuscript is not a matter of talent as much as it is a matter of preparation. Preachers can learn the practices and disciplines that make it possible to deliver articulate thoughtfully crafted sermons not from a written page but as a natural spontaneous act of oral communication. Throughout the book the author offers specific examples including a transcript of a sermon preached without manuscript or notes. Second that the payoff of learning to preach without a manuscript is nothing less than sermons that more effectively and engagingly give witness to the good news.