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Fleming Rutledge on the KJV

The Rev. Fleming Rutledge thinks the Authorized Version can teach us something about preaching:

As a preacher I have special interest in the shaping of sentences for maximum impact, and Prof. Harrison has a lot to say about this. For example, “…[the King James Bible] ends most of its verses with emphatic metrical stresses or resounding words...” I have struggled to impart some of this to students of preaching, but with limited success because most of them have never heard sentences like the ones Harrison is describing.

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Sam Keyes
Sam Keyes
The Rev. Dr. Sam Keyes is professor of theology at John Paul the Great Catholic University, Escondido, Calif.

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