Ryan Tinetti

Contributor

Ryan Tinetti

What is the Good News of the Ascension?

05/15/26

11 mins

Ryan Tinetti

Despite evidences to the contrary, chaos does not reign. Jesus does.
The Preacher's Toolbox: Don’t Take Your Hearers Hostage

05/02/26

10 mins

Ryan Tinetti

More often than not, God’s people in your pews will benefit from having an inkling of where your Lord’s Day journey will take them.
- Preaching
- Essays on Preaching
Was Jesus Ambitious?

12/09/25

14 mins

Ryan Tinetti

Was Jesus ambitious or unambitious? We have to say that the answer is…yes.
Wisdom from a Century-Old Saint: An Interview with Reverend Rossow

09/20/25

19 mins

Ryan Tinetti

Just preach the Gospel. Preach the Gospel—and do it freshly.
- Essays on Preaching
- Preaching
A.I. in Preaching

08/02/25

23 mins

Ryan Tinetti

Preaching comprises a whole panoply of hard-won skills. We shortcut this process to our peril.
- Essays on Preaching
- Preaching
The Preacher's Toolbox: Exploiting the Ministry Tent

06/29/25

7 mins

Ryan Tinetti

The conference ministry tent is typically regarded as a spot to make connections, kill time, or scrounge empty calories. What I found out is how the ministry tent is an unexpected gold mine for Gospel proclamation.
The Preacher's Toolbox: Embracing Your Tortoise: Prayer and Planning Days

03/15/25

12 mins

Ryan Tinetti

Time devoted to planning, to say nothing of prayer, pays-off in the long run many times over. If ever there was a vocation that need not be in a hurry, it is the cure of souls.
- Preaching
- Essays on Preaching
The Revenge of Analog Sermon Prep

02/01/25

15 mins

Ryan Tinetti

Dear preachers, if you recoil at the prospect of sermons which are generated by algorithmic bots, then here is a first step in your resistance: Make your preparation to preach more analog.
- Essays on Preaching
- Preaching
Against Homiletical Docetism: A Brief Case for Rhetoric

09/14/24

14 mins

Ryan Tinetti

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.
Sermons from the “Sweet Singer”: Franzmann on Preaching

04/20/24

21 mins

Ryan Tinetti

When God’s strong Word is wedded to beautiful human words it makes for a potent one-two punch that fells the Devil and raises the saints.
- Preaching
- Essays on Preaching
The Preacher's Toolbox: Preach Till You Drop

03/02/24

16 mins

Ryan Tinetti

What all variations of affable chatter share in common is that the preacher does not do justice to the most salient fact about him and his hearers: They are dead men walking.
- Preaching
- Essays on Preaching
The Preacher's Toolbox: The Lively Skeleton

02/10/24

15 mins

Ryan Tinetti

A solid structure, a lively skeleton, inarguably makes your messages more life-giving. They will be clearer, more interesting, and easier both to follow and to remember.