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Preach Like Gregory
the Great.
Lay the foundation, raise the walls, and make the roof the longest part.
- ✓9 of his sermons, studied start to finish
- ✓Ten steps to preach the way he did
- ✓A fill-in outline in his shape, 10 pages
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— Why he’s one of the greats
Lay the foundation, raise the walls, and make the roof the longest part.
Gregory was a monk who became pope in 590. He preached 40 Gospel homilies in Rome’s basilicas (590-593) and 22 homilies on Ezekiel during the Lombard siege of the city. His Pastoral Rule became the church’s handbook for pastors for a thousand years. His secret: a three-storey reading of the text. He lays the literal foundation, raises the spiritual walls, and puts on a moral roof that is the longest part. Then he tells a true, recent, local story and closes with a plea and praise. He shaped the same truth differently for different kinds of hearers: “out of one doctrine, but not with one and the same exhortation.”
- 40Gospel homilies preached in Rome’s basilicas (590-593)
- 22Homilies on Ezekiel, preached during the siege of Rome
- 1,000Years his Pastoral Rule served as the handbook for pastors
What makes his style unique
“Whatsoever he taught in word, that he fulfilled in deed.”
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Preach Like Gregory the Great — Lay the foundation, raise the walls, and make the roof the longest part..
- 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
- 02What he does9 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 Gregory the GreatA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
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