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Preach Like Ambrose
of Milan.
Preach the day’s Scripture, walk people through what they lived, and land on Christ.
- ✓7 of his sermons, studied start to finish
- ✓Ten steps to preach the way he did
- ✓A fill-in outline in his shape, 9 pages
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— Why he’s one of the greats
Preach the day’s Scripture, walk people through what they lived, and land on Christ.
The Latin church of the late fourth century. Ambrose was a trained Roman lawyer and the governor of the province around Milan when the people acclaimed him bishop in 374, while he was still a catechumen. He preached in Milan’s basilicas for 23 years, and most of what survives from him began as sermons. His secret: he preached what the people had just read, sung or lived. He took the day’s lessons as his spine, walked the newly baptized through the rites they had just passed through, and set an Old Testament picture beside Christ at every step. He spoke to the room in the second person, opened points with short questions, and in his funeral sermons he even turned and spoke to the dead. Augustine came to hear a famous speaker and stayed for the Scripture.
- 1 weekFrom catechumen to consecrated bishop, 374
- 23 yearsBishop of Milan, 374-397
- 9Homilies in his six-day Hexameron
What makes his style unique
“I was delighted with the pleasantness of his speech.”
— Who wrote this
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What’s inside
Preach Like Ambrose of Milan — Preach the day’s Scripture, walk people through what they lived, and land on Christ..
- 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
- 02What he does7 of his sermons, studied start to finish, and the shape they share.
- 03How he does itTen steps to preach the way he did.
- 04His outlineWhere the time goes, movement by movement.
- 05Write one like Ambrose of MilanA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
— The plan
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