Hitmen and Midwives: Thesis #9

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I am the Preacher-in-Residence for the Iowa Preachers Project, an initiative led by my friend Ken Sundet Jones. You can find out more about it here.

In part, the project is the fruit of a series of conversations Ken and I began two years ago. We called them “Hitmen and Midwives: 9.5 Theses on Preaching,” taking the idea both from Luther’s 95 Theses and from scripture’s self-description of the word, “I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal.”

Our friend and IPP staff person, Joshua Retterer joined us to discuss Thesis #9:

Faithful preaching assesses its effectiveness not by worldly results but recognizes the preached word as a planting of God’s promise that will grow unseen in those in whom it is planted.

And so you don’t have to go looking through Substack, here are the previous conversations:

Thesis #8:

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Thesis #7:

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Thesis #6:

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Thesis #5:

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Thesis #4:

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Thesis #3:

Tamed CynicHitmen and MidwivesI’ve started a new series talking about preaching with preachers and those who suffer preachers. My friend Dr. Ken Jones have kicked off the project by discussing what we’re calling the 9.5 Theses on Preaching…Read more2 years ago · 4 likes · Jason Micheli

Thesis #2:

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Thesis #1:

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And here’s a bonus conversation with Father Paul Nesta:

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