About the Author

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Ben Awbrey is senior professor of preaching at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. Before coming to Midwestern, he taught preaching at The Master's Seminary in Panorama City, California. He is the author of How Effective Sermons Begin and How Effective Sermons Advance. He has been the preaching pastor of churches in Oklahoma, Louisiana, California, and Missouri. How Effective Sermons End completes a three-volume examination of the formal elements of a sermon--sermon introduction, sermon structure, and sermon conclusion.