In school, the day of a test is one of the most important days of the semester. We don't like them, but we dearly want to ace them. In ministry, preachers face a weekly test even more important. Read Passing the Preacher's Test.

This week we also feature:

• Illustration: Mentor Helps Skydiver Break World Record
• Video: Upside Down—Preacher, poet & prophet Micah Bournes on Act 17 and the call for the church to go and turn the world upside down

Preaching Christ,

Brian Larson
Editor, PreachingToday.com
blarson@christianitytoday.com

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Craig Brian Larson is the pastor of Lake Shore Church in Chicago and author and editor of numerous books, including The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching (Zondervan). He blogs on Knowing God and His Ways at craigbrianlarson.com.