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Preach Like Charles
Finney.
Argue the case like a lawyer, answer every objection, and ask for a verdict tonight.
- ✓6 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
Argue the case like a lawyer, answer every objection, and ask for a verdict tonight.
Charles Finney was a trained lawyer who turned to preaching after his conversion in 1821 and carried courtroom habits into the pulpit. He preached without a manuscript, spoke to his hearers as “you,” and argued for a verdict the way he once argued before a jury. His secret: he treated the sermon as a case to be won that night. He defined the text’s key word, cleared away what it does not mean, and then built a chain of argument with illustrations from courts, governments and daily work. He named the listener’s objections before the listener could, answered each one, and then demanded a decision on the spot. The anxious seat gave that decision a place to happen.
- 98Sermons in six months in Rochester (1830-31)
- 1,200+Converts who joined Rochester’s churches
- 1835Lectures on Revivals of Religion
What makes his style unique
“It did not sound like preaching, but like a lawyer arguing a case before a court and jury.”
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Preach Like Charles Finney — Argue the case like a lawyer, answer every objection, and ask for a verdict tonight..
- 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
- 02What he does6 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 Charles FinneyA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
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