Book excerpt: No matter how good your message, if your delivery is poor, your audience won't receive it. Even a great message with poor delivery will result in a disengaged audience. In my years of education on a bachelors and masters level from great Christian institutions, I learned the message of the Bible. But I didn't learn how to deliver that message. It took me a decade of failure, learning from great preachers, and years of research to learn the principles in this book. Preach and Deliver is a practical guide that will teach you the best practices for body language, eye contact, pauses, humor, illustrations, notes, and much more. This book will change the way you deliver a sermon so that you can preach in a powerful way that grips the hearts and minds of your audience. But reading alone will not make you a better preacher. That's why at the end of every chapter, I have included an action step to apply what you learned. If you want to master the fundamentals of sermon delivery, this book is for you.