Favorite Books to Reread…3

Communicating for a Change, Andy Stanley

For years, we’ve all been amazed at the messages that Andy would deliver, week after week, year after year.  Each given with such clarity and all so applicable to your life.  How in the world does he do that?  Well, I’m sure after thousands of people asking, Andy gave us this gem that takes us behind the scenes into his process of writing and delivering a message.  And even after reading this, we’re still amazed!  Andy is a truly gifted communicator and if you ever speak in public, at church,  or even have to lead the class in the pledge of allegiance, you’ll want to read this book!
This book has helped me so much in my teaching and speaking.

Favorite Quotes:

“Preaching for life change requires far less information and more application.”

“While I’m a firm believer that all Scripture is equally inspired, observation tells me that all Scripture is not equally applicable.”

“We don’t live our lives by points.  We live by our emotions.  We respond to what we see, taste, and feel.  So there’s no compelling reason to remember a list of points.”

“If YOU don’t know what it is you are dying to communicate, the audience certainly isn’t going to be able to figure it out.”

“If you preach from your weakness, you will never run out of material.”

“I find something very disingenuous about the speaker who says, ‘This is very, very important,’ and then reads something from his notes.”

“I never preach an entire message at home out loud.  But there are portions I do rehearse out loud the night before.  I always rehearse stories.”

“People engage easily when they are convinced that you are about to answer a question they’ve been asking, solve a mystery they have been unable to solve, or resolve a tension they have  been unable to resolve.”

“When you get stuck. Pray.”

Have you read this book?  Favorite quotes?