A Certain Sound: A Primer on Open Air Preaching

Ryan Denton · Scott Smith

Mar 2019 · Reformation Heritage Books

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“ A Certain Sound is a well-written, carefully crafted, scripturally saturated book that was a joy to read. As one who has many years’ experience with open air preaching, I thank God for this stirring call to the church to fulfill one of her main duties—namely, preaching Jesus ‘to every creature.’ Read this book. Master it. And with the help of the Holy Spirit, let the ‘certain sound’ of the glorious gospel of Christ be heard outdoors once again.” — Rob Ventura, Grace Community Baptist Church, North Providence, Rhode Island, and coauthor of A Portrait of Paul and Spiritual Warfare

Table of Contents:
PART 1: THEOLOGY OF OPEN AIR PREACHING
1. A History of Open Air Preaching
2. Theology for Open Air Preaching
3. The Local Church and the Open Air Preacher
4. Using the Law in the Open Air
5. Using Apologetics in the Open Air
Part 2: THE TASK OF OPEN AIR PREACHING
6. The Open Air Preacher’s Character
7. The Open Air Preacher’s Competence
8. Response to Open Air Preaching
9. The Open Air Preacher’s Response
10. Exhortation to the Church and Seminaries

“ A Certain Sound is a well-written, carefully crafted, scripturally saturated book that was a joy to read. As one who has many years’ experience with open air preaching, I thank God for this stirring call to the church to fulfill one of her main duties—namely, preaching Jesus ‘to every creature....

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About the author

Ryan Denton lives in El Paso, Texas, and was a pastor on the Navajo reservation before 2016, when he founded Christ in the Wild Ministries. Christ in the Wild partners with churches using a method not based on eloquence or words or on human wisdom but on preaching Christ crucified and risen, who should be responded to in repentance and faith—the Christ who provided a substitutionary atonement to save mankind from the wrath to come. This means excluding culturally relevant or seeker-friendly strategies and instead majoring on intercessory prayer and the Bible.

Scott Smith (MA) ran a classical Christian school for seventeen years in Orlando before going into open air preaching ministry full time. He has been married to his wife Patte for thirty-six years. They have three grown sons and five grandkids and reside in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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