Preacher and Prayer through Eva's Eyes 2

Eva has two things underlined in chapter 2, the second completely resonated with me as well:

"Life-giving preaching cost the preacher much--death to self, crucifixion to the world, the travail of his own soul. Crucified preaching only can give life. Crucified preaching can come only from a crucified man."

Interesting sidenote: Karl Barth said that the only preacher is Jesus.