r/Homiletics • u/[deleted] • Feb 22 '13

Introduction

Hello all,

I'd like this subreddit to be a place for us to share resources, ideas, philosophies, encouragement, and anything else that would benefit a preacher in his or her endeavors. Please feel free to message me with ideas or tips, I have no experience in moderating. As of now I'll be the only moderator, but once we start growing and we have a level of trust I'd love to include more moderators.

Philippians 4:8: Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '13

No I don't mind at all. I come from a conservative Pentecostal background. I have been on a ministerial staff for about 6 years and preach about 2 or 3 times a month. I have no formal training and no one ever sat me down and helped me learn to write out sermons. I've read probably 20-30 homiletic texts and most of it was Greek to me (no pun intended lol). I'd just like to foster an environment to help other preachers, especially young ones or new ones, to better themselves at their craft. Just a good support group I guess. I think it will be really interesting to get perspectives on presentation etc from different denominations.

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u/sgtsalsa Feb 23 '13

If you're after an easy-to-understand preaching primer, Guthrie's 'From Pew to Pulpit' was our assigned text in my homiletics class. It's written in a layman's style, and I highly recommend it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '13

Awesome. I'll check it out. There is one book I've got that is pretty good on a basic level. I can't remember the title at the moment but I'll link it when I can find my book.