Convinced that knowing the Word of God is fundamental to preaching, John Stott presents brief studies of five New Testament metaphors that characterize the preacher: steward, herald, witness, father and servant.

In the course of the five studies he discusses the message and the authority of preachers, the character of their proclamation, and the necessity of the things that cannot be acquired by training. The brevity is deliberate and the book has outlasted far longer treatments. Recommended by Pastor John MacArthur.