In Some of the Words Are Theirs: The Art of Writing and Living a Sermon, Austin Carty offers a masterclass in sermon writing that also explores the “why” behind the vocation of preaching. In so doing, he discovers how often his own sermons have been exercises in trying to make sense of his own past, and how much autobiography lies beneath the themes he has been preaching throughout his pastoral career. Ultimately, Carty shows how careful attention to the craft of writing a sermon—like c...