Craft of Preaching

Be Careful with Imperatives

10/11/20

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By Robert Kolb

Imperatives are good for many things. Luther said the Law is good, but precisely because it is good, it has become poison and death to the bad. The Law does not give life but evaluates it, and we encounter day in and day out its negative evaluation of us.
Preaching an Awe-fully Mysterious and Wondrous God

09/20/20

1 min read

By Robert Kolb

As long as our illusions of control over storms and germs persist to govern our thinking, we will never be able to take the saving work of Christ as seriously we ought.
Sermons on Hymn Texts

09/13/20

1 min read

By Robert Kolb

The Church's hymns help us see our own world from another—and perhaps not so different—vantage point that illuminates the impact of the work of Christ and the general providing and protecting activity of our Creator in our lives.
Providence in the Pulpit

08/16/20

1 min read

By Robert Kolb

God does not take us out of a world of evils of various kinds, but He does stand beside us and accompany us, as a shepherd accompanies his sheep, through valleys of shadows of all kinds.
Why Is Preaching Better in a Crisis?

08/02/20

1 min read

By Robert Kolb

God’s goal in all this is that His call to repentance impacts our lives by turning us to find peace and joy in Christ.

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