I was just talking with my Dad about preaching the other night. He referred to my Grandfather. Each of the three generations have been preachers, but I never knew my Grandfather because he died three years before I was born.  Apparently, he would sometimes refer to preachers who are all over the place in their preaching by saying, “They go from Dan to Beersheba.” While that saying made me smile, I had to laugh when another phrase of his was recollected, “They romp around the hills of salvation.” That’s good! (Obviously it may not be original to him – doesn’t matter really.)

I tend to describe preaching that goes all over the canon as “going on a wild safari in the back seat of a concordance.” It seems that perhaps it’s in my genes to comment on that kind of preaching.

Anyway, I’m intrigued to know if you or someone you know has any pithy descriptions related to preaching? It doesn’t have to be related to jumping all over the canon, anything related to preaching…