1. Lutheran theology begins not with God in His terrifying majesty but with God in the flesh, God crucified for sinners. Advent is about this trajectory.
  2. For all the things that prompt us to our knees in prayer with thanksgiving, this is the first gift He gives: The blood of Christ that identifies those who pray.
  3. Preaching the end times purposes to solicit and strengthen faith in the Savior of the world who is at the same time the Creator and Re-creator of the world.
  4. Preaching in the autumn of the Church Year reminds us that in the midst of death there is life, for the crucified King has been raised from the grave and all who trust in Him will live with Him in a kingdom which has no end.
  5. Preachers who take to heart Linebaugh’s work will have a heightened appreciation for how Scripture functions to norm teaching and practice but also the sweetness of the living water that flows from the pure, clear fountain of Israel.

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