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Preach Like Richard
Baxter.
Preach to reason and conscience at once, as a dying man to dying men.
- ✓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 to reason and conscience at once, as a dying man to dying men.
Richard Baxter served the parish of Kidderminster, a weaving town in Worcestershire, from 1641 to 1660, with an interruption as an army chaplain during the Civil War. He was largely self-taught, never attended university, and battled illness all his life, yet he became the most widely read practical writer of his century. His secret: he preached to the reason and the conscience at the same time. Every sermon stated a plain doctrine, proved it from Scripture and common sense, then turned on the hearer with “you,” answering each excuse before it could be spoken. He kept heaven and hell in full view and preached with the urgency of a man who expected to die soon, which he often did. And he never let the pulpit work alone: he followed every sermon into people’s homes through personal catechizing.
- 1641He began at Kidderminster, a weaving town
- 800Families he aimed to catechize every year
- 20,000Copies of A Call to the Unconverted in about a year
What makes his style unique
“In his sermons there was a rare union of arguments and motives, to convince the mind and gain the heart.”
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What’s inside
Preach Like Richard Baxter — Preach to reason and conscience at once, as a dying man to dying men..
- 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 Richard BaxterA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
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