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14 mins read|09/14/24In 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.
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21 mins read|04/20/24When 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.
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16 mins read|03/02/24What 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.
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15 mins read|02/10/24A 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.
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16 mins read|01/20/24But what God’s people want and need more than a perfect sermon, or even necessarily a polished one, is a true one.
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21 mins read|01/06/24The ancients had a process for preparing to give a speech that has come down to us as the so-called “canons” (or stages) of rhetoric, which continues to be useful for orators of all kinds, not least preachers.
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13 mins read|12/16/23“What’s the play about?” Imogene asked. “It’s about Jesus,” I said. “Everything here is,” she muttered.
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15 mins read|12/02/23Today, I want to share with you one simple trick which will help to ensure the stories you tell are truly “stories,” and not just an arranging of events in supposedly narrative form.
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15 mins read|11/18/23For preachers with ears to hear and eyes to see, good stories are all around us.
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14 mins read|11/04/23For preachers, the inspirational element of good stories is particularly vital. But how do they do it?
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12 mins read|10/14/23People enjoy listening to stories. We probably should tell stories. But why? What is it about stories that resonates and how can we tell them better?
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15 mins read|09/30/23Speaking a specific message of grace in the Absolution is a chance to bring the healing balm of the Gospel not just to generic ills, but to the particular pain point exposed by the Law on this day.
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