RT Article T1 The Nature of Preaching and the Gospel of John JF The expository times VO 118 IS 6 SP 267 OP 272 A1 Paddison, Angus 1979- LA English PB Sage YR 2007 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1560185244 AB This article explores a positive ontology of the preaching act. What is preaching? Answering this question with the Fourth Gospel open on the desk I put forward a proposal for how preaching 'works' by matching it tip to the revealing activity of the triune God. Two theses are advanced: (1) the power of preaching is the presence of the ascended and ruling Christ, and (2) preaching is an occasion through which the Spirit draws us into the conversation of the Trinity. K1 Apocryphal Gospels K1 Ascension K1 Bible. John K1 Christ's presence K1 Hermeneutics K1 Holy Spirit K1 Jesus Christ : Ascension K1 Preaching K1 Resurrection K1 Revelation K1 Trinity DO 10.1177/0014524606076086