Florent Varak is the director of the Church Equipping Network at Encompass World Partners. As such, he leads a team of equippers and frequently teaches in French-speaking Africa. For 25 years he served as a pastor of Charis Fellowship Church in Lyon, France. He teaches at the Geneva Bible Institute and has written a few articles and books, including Le Manuel du Prédicateur, L’Evangile et le Citoyen [The Gospel and the Citizen], Le mariage de Jésus, and others. He delivers a weekly podcast at www.toutpoursagloire.com called “1 pasteur vous répond”. He holds an M.Div. from Master’s Seminary (California) and a “Master de Recherche” from the Faculté Libre de Théologie Evangélique (France). He and his wife, Lori, have three adult children and four grandchildren.

How can we avoid just feeding the mind in expository preaching? Aiming for the whole person definitely involves a proper formulation of the truth, but the preacher could connect with his audience better by observing and using the emotions often imbedded in God’s Word. In this talk we look at the benefits of such an approach as well as clues on how to do it.

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