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PTP Legends – Page 5 – Learning from Heroes

2015’s Honoree: Wendell Winkler (learn more)

December 2015

Seven Quick Tips for Conducting Weddings

By | December 15th, 2015|Categories: Out of the Office: The Preacher and His Work, Wendell Winkler|Tags: , |

The Preacher and his Work, Wendell Winkler (c. 1987) Remember the wedding is the bride’s; ­­not yours or the grooms. Ask the bride the [...]

Lord, Give Us More Preachers Like Micaiah: Micaiah Was A Prophet With An Independent And Committed Voice

By | December 10th, 2015|Categories: By the Book: Precepts for Preachers of Today and Tomorrow, Wendell Winkler|

The king’s messenger was quite blunt when he approached Micaiah. The text says, “And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, [...]

Want to be more productive?

By | December 9th, 2015|Categories: The Tool Box (Books, Sites, & Resources), Wendell Winkler|

If you have a good workflow in your life as a minister and at the end of most days you feel like you accomplished pretty [...]

Recommended Books: New Testament Commentaries

By | December 5th, 2015|Categories: The Tool Box (Books, Sites, & Resources), Wendell Winkler|Tags: , , , |

Wendell Winkler was a great student of Scripture. He wrote a number of books on the New Testament and was well-acquainted with what commentaries were [...]

Lord, Give Us More Preachers Like Micaiah: Micaiah Was A Prophet With An Exclusive Message

By | December 3rd, 2015|Categories: By the Book: Precepts for Preachers of Today and Tomorrow, Wendell Winkler|Tags: |

Most are familiar with the prophets of God who penned the pages of the Old Testament. We recognize the names, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, [...]

The Preacher-Elders Relationship

By | December 1st, 2015|Categories: Out of the Office: The Preacher and His Work, Wendell Winkler|Tags: , , |

The Preacher and His Work, Wendell Winkler (c. 1987) What do we preachers owe to our respective elders? We Owe the Elders Our Fairness and Honesty. [...]

November 2015

Tone

By | November 30th, 2015|Categories: Off to a Good Start: Snowflakes & Crafting Points, Wendell Winkler|Tags: , |

Wendell Winkler would emphasize in Homiletics about the vital role tone of voice plays in effective preaching. As he often said, “Too many preachers are [...]

When He Had Given Thanks

By | November 26th, 2015|Categories: By the Book: Precepts for Preachers of Today and Tomorrow, Wendell Winkler|

On at least two occasions Jesus miraculously provided food for the multitudes. And though He was God in the flesh, His actions at both these [...]

Useful Links

By | November 25th, 2015|Categories: The Tool Box (Books, Sites, & Resources), Wendell Winkler|

No book recommendations today, but here are a few good blog posts and/or articles that you might find useful: Two men arrested on charges for [...]

Recommend Books: Debates

By | November 24th, 2015|Categories: The Tool Box (Books, Sites, & Resources), Wendell Winkler|Tags: , , |

Wendell Winkler was a debater, as most preachers were in his younger years. He always had a keen interest in debating and felt it was [...]

You Can Preach Without Notes: A Primer

By | November 23rd, 2015|Categories: Off to a Good Start: Snowflakes & Crafting Points, Wendell Winkler|

David Murray, a preacher in the Reformed Church denomination, makes an observation I believe to be true: “…This age prefers to be spoken to personally [...]

Preachers and Their Wives

By | November 20th, 2015|Categories: Sunday's Comin': Polishing the Pulpit Presentation, Wendell Winkler|Tags: , , |

Mrs. Noah, Priscilla, Mrs. Peter, wives of other of the apostles, and others were the wives of preachers (cf. I Corinthians 9:5). Just who is [...]

Learning About Preaching From Jeremiah: God’s Preacher Has A Place To Fill

By | November 19th, 2015|Categories: By the Book: Precepts for Preachers of Today and Tomorrow, Wendell Winkler|

God’s assurances to Jeremiah included these words: “For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls [...]

Can we trust the Bible?

By | November 18th, 2015|Categories: The Tool Box (Books, Sites, & Resources), Wendell Winkler|

As our society becomes increasingly secular, we can no longer assume much common ground with most people regarding their conviction that the Bible is the [...]

Suggested Books for Bible Study

By | November 17th, 2015|Categories: The Tool Box (Books, Sites, & Resources), Wendell Winkler|Tags: , , |

Concordances: Robert Young, Analytical Concordance to the Bible, 1893. M. C. Hazard, Complete Concordance to the American Standard Bible, 1922. Alexander Cruden, Complete Concordance, [...]