Telling People What To Think: A Concise Homiletics for Lutheran Parish Pastors

By Heath R. Curtis

Book Overview

This is a book about the preacher's task and how to perform it written by a fellow practitioner of the craft. What would you say that craft is? What is it that you do for a living, Pastor? You get paid to tell people what to think. You tell people what to think while they lie on their death beds. You tell them what to think about God and eternity. You tell jilted wives what to think when their husbands run off. You tell failures what to think about their future. You tell the melancholy what to think about being sad. Folks pile into a building once a week and sit on uncomfortable benches so they can listen to you tell them what to think for 15 minutes. And they put money in a bucket for the privilege. This is a craft worthy of your best efforts. It is a matter of life and death. It's what you were called and ordained to do. Contents: 1 What Do You Do For a Living? 2 The Sermon Does Not Exist in a Vacuum 3 The Characteristics of the Lutheran Sermon 4 Resources for Sermon Preparation 5 Sermon Forms and Structures 6 A Method of Sermon Preparation for Parish Pastors 7 Preaching Through the Year 8 Illustrative Sermons (28 sermons from 11 different preachers) About the Author Rev. Heath R. Curtis has been serving as a parish pastor in Illinois since graduating from CSL (MDiv) and Washington University (MA Classics) in 2004. Through the years he has utilized his spare time in various endeavors alongside his parish duties: as assistant editor for Johann Gerhard's Theological Commonplaces , as a translator for the ongoing Luther's Works project, as an adjunct professor (CUC), and as the instructor in Latin and Greek for Wittenberg Academy. He is a regular guest on Issues, Etc ., and a frequent speaker at conferences around the Synod. His recent books include Stewardship for the Care of Souls (with co-author Rev. Dr. Nathan Meador; Lexham Press); Five Things You Can Do to Live a Jesus-Centered Life (CPH), and Stewardship Under the Cross: Stewardship for Confessional Lutheran Parishes (lcms.org/stewardship).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D6NKRHZF
• ISBN13: 9798328110358
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"