I once heard master homiletician Haddon Robinson say that he had devoted his life to answer one question: Why is it that some can preach for an hour and it seems like five minutes while others preach for only five minutes and it seems like an hour? This book attempts to provide an answer to that question. Its aim is to do more than merely help the reader understand the basics of a good sermon the contributors fill in some of the gaps left by other books on homiletics.