This book will be of interest to those seeking to deepen their faith through their search for the Light. And equally to those exploring their call to preach the Word of God. What does a sermon actually look like? Does the opening draw in the reader? Does the illustration work? Does the application inspire to action? If you have ever sought answers to these questions then this book is aimed at you. ‘These sermons are resolutely biblical and scholarly, but with a grounding in the reality of personal experience.’ ‘This is spiritual truth forged in the fire of study and the real difficulties of life.’ The author writes from wide and deep experience of life as a schoolmaster, Master Mariner, Master of Arts and latterly as a Reader - Lay Minister - in the Church of England.