tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post8322016615203829677..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Thy Kingdom ComeWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-81297427211539795202013-02-07T21:00:59.049-06:002013-02-07T21:00:59.049-06:00Geez, McCain! I guess the sermons of St. John Chr...Geez, McCain! I guess the sermons of St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great with all their rhetorical turns of phrase would automatically be verboten for congregational preaching. And I don't think the audience of their day was any more or less educated than ours.<br /><br />Rhetoric, especially classical rhetoric, does have a place even in the modern sermon. The sermon should not just relegated to A is A and B is B. WHy not just get rid of hymns then? The truth can be better if not best communicated without all those notes in the way. If music is the handmaid of theology, then rhetoric is the handmaid of the sermon. Just because people today cannot understand or refuse to try to understand does not mean throwing it out. Or should everything just be dumbed down?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038508116670615703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-86586504221581714662013-02-07T17:01:14.992-06:002013-02-07T17:01:14.992-06:00Paul, get the book and read it. It just may change...Paul, get the book and read it. It just may change your mind. Seriously. Good stuff!William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-90544962440015867582013-02-07T15:37:59.485-06:002013-02-07T15:37:59.485-06:00Sorry about that, Will. Didn't mean to flame o...Sorry about that, Will. Didn't mean to flame on your blog.Rev. Alan Kornacki, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07322307218829558622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-46196252672761725642013-02-07T15:35:03.205-06:002013-02-07T15:35:03.205-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rev. Alan Kornacki, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07322307218829558622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-88917983828615658522013-02-07T15:32:20.536-06:002013-02-07T15:32:20.536-06:00This kind of sermonic material makes for nice lite...This kind of sermonic material makes for nice literary rhetoric, but I'm not convinced striving for rhetorical flourishes, ruffles and finery is the goal when preaching. <br /><br />I'm rather have a clear, simple assertions of truth, without the kind of material that may very well appeal to, and be appropriate for a congregation of hearers that includes a large number of seminarians, seminary faculty and staff.<br /><br />If seminarians think that they are going to be well received in the pulpit by imitating this kind of sermon, intended for an unusually highly sophisticated theological audience, they are in for a very rude awakening.<br /><br />Give me the straightforward proclamation of a Martin Luther any day of the week and ... several times on Sunday, please.<br /><br />Something to think on?<br /><br />Just my .02, and as always, your mileage may vary.Rev. Paul T. McCainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846468267196335350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-23787750693094808212013-02-07T12:26:38.284-06:002013-02-07T12:26:38.284-06:00I was blessed to participate in a wedding in which...I was blessed to participate in a wedding in which he was the preacher. The sermon he preached still resonates a year and a half later. He is, indeed, a master.Rev. Alan Kornacki, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07322307218829558622noreply@blogger.com