How Can the Spirit be Missing . . . and No One Notices?

“Most books on preaching stress the need for preparation, for programmes and working to a clearly defined timetable. A random reading of modern contributions confirms the point. If reference is made to unction  and dependence on the Spirit in the act of preaching, it tends to be incidental, a secondary feature for consideration. Lloyd-Jones would criticise such a grave omission. This is the reason many of the books on preaching fail to help preachers. They do not deal with this vital phenomenon” (Tony Sargent, The Sacred Anointing, pp. 35-36).