A Plain as a Punch

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“There is prodigious power in this plainness of presentation. It is the power of actual contact. A plain writer, or speaker, makes the truth and the mind impinge upon each other. When the style is plain, the mind of the hearer experiences the sensation of being touched; and this sensation is always impressive, for a man starts when he is touched” (Shedd, Homiletics and Pastoral Theology, p. 64).

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PerfectHold
PerfectHold
8 years ago

“a man starts when he is touched” — starts, as in jumps out of his gourd?