Tackling the yawn factor!

John Woods  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Jun 2023
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Tackling the yawn factor!

WHY ARE WE OFTEN SO BORING?
Reflections on preaching
By Bob Fyall
Christian Focus. 101 pages. £9.99
ISBN 978 1 527 109 704

I wonder whether a writer becomes a hostage to fortune when using the words ‘boring’ and ‘preaching’ in a book title!

Bob Fyall, who has decades of experience teaching preaching at Cornhill Scotland and other places, says that the title came from a comment made by Dick Lucas about preaching. So why does preaching in the 21st century, that has so many excellent resources at its disposal, often come over as being boring?

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