<p>&ldquo;The Message and the Messenger&rdquo; may be the first<br />and last book you will need on basic sermon preparation.<br />Written from a scholarly but pastoral perspective Dr. Tony V.<br />Lewis President of Christian Bible Institute and Seminary<br />provides a great concise guide in preparing not only the sermon<br />but the preacher for a lifetime of ministerial service from the<br />pulpit. In the opening pages of the book Dr. Lewis writes &ldquo;The<br />call to ministry and to preaching is also a call to preparation and<br />a call to study.&rdquo; This book gives the reader spiritual academic<br />and practical ways in which they can prepare themselves for a<br />lifetime of preaching.&quot;</p>