1. The Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles to put God’s Word into human language has guided and guarded their transmission in the course of human history preserving them for the sake of the Gospel.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. In meditating on these sacred texts, pastors will then be equipped for doctrinal preaching that edifies and exhorts God’s holy people in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

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