TOPIC INDEXMinistry of the Church (20)

  1. Good Friday’s Poetic Mercy

    book
    04/10/22
    11 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    On Good Friday, poetic justice is satisfied. Poetic mercy is all which remains.

  2. Against Homiletical Docetism: A Brief Case for Rhetoric

    book
    01/30/22
    14 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    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.

  3. One Strange Trick for Preaching at Christmas

    book
    12/13/20
    10 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    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.

  4. Places and Pictures: The Canon of Memory

    book
    06/14/20
    13 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    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.

  5. Wholesome Sweetness: The Canon of Style

    book
    04/26/20
    11 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    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.

  6. Butchering the Sermon: The Canon of Arrangement

    book
    01/13/20
    12 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    The goal of Arrangement is to make the proclamation of the Gospel clearer and more compelling for your hearers.

  7. Setting the Sails: The Canon of Discovery

    book
    12/02/19
    14 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    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.

  8. Breaking the Saturday E-Brake: An Introduction to the Canons of Rhetoric

    book
    11/04/19
    14 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    [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.