The Preacher's Toolbox: A Simple Tool Every Preacher Needs
The pocket notebook is an indispensable tool for the working preacher, because more often than not our great homiletical insights come to us, unexpectedly and extra nos, like grace.
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Ryan Tinetti
Ryan Tinetti (D.Min., Duke University) is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Arcadia, Michigan, and author of the forthcoming book Preaching by Heart (Cascade Press). His website is www.preachingbyheart.com.
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The Preacher's Toolbox: Sermon Titles: Engaging Sermons Start In the Narthex
We do not typically give much thought to the title at all, missing a chance to create greater anticipation for the preaching of the Word before it has even begun.
The Preacher's Toolbox: This Preacher's Greatest Fear
My greatest fear is simply this: I will be exposed for the phony I am.
Preaching By Heart: A Q&A with Ryan Tinetti
If preaching can be a greater joy for myself and my people, who after all have to put up with us preachers, that is a win in my book. And I think preaching by heart can help to accomplish this.
Good Friday’s Poetic Mercy
On Good Friday, poetic justice is satisfied. Poetic mercy is all which remains.
Against Homiletical Docetism: A Brief Case for Rhetoric
And in the final analysis it isn’t a matter of whether you use rhetoric, but how. Inasmuch as your preaching is still public speaking...you’re going to get rhetorical.
One Strange Trick for Preaching at Christmas
Christmas is a tremendous opportunity to make known the good news of great joy, but this opportunity is squandered when the Word isn’t heard on account of the predictability of the proclamation.
Places and Pictures: The Canon of Memory
The Memory Palace harmonizes with how God has made us, so we can more effectively proclaim to His people how He has made and saved them.
Wholesome Sweetness: The Canon of Style
By more intentionally and consistently incorporating the concrete elements of story and metaphor into your preaching, you refresh your language, serve your people, and shed fresh light on the Gospel.
Butchering the Sermon: The Canon of Arrangement
The goal of Arrangement is to make the proclamation of the Gospel clearer and more compelling for your hearers.
Setting the Sails: The Canon of Discovery
Through the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit, you are not so much coming up with something to preach about as you are coming upon it.
Breaking the Saturday E-Brake: An Introduction to the Canons of Rhetoric
[Nearly] all of us struggle with making the move, as Thomas Long puts it, “from desk to pulpit.” The reason is because our approach to sermon preparation is inadequate.