Craft of Preaching

What Does the Text Really Say?

03/09/25

1 min read

By Robert Kolb

No Bible passage is so clear that we cannot twist it to conform our own presuppositions and prejudices. We do this because we fear the implications of what the text says.
God Pours Ashes on My Head

03/01/25

1 min read

By Robert Kolb

A life of repentance embraces the ashes placed on our own foreheads and the coals we feel heaped upon our heads, for these ashes and coals bid us to join in the refreshment and restoration that comes on the road of repentance.
A Faith Coherent in the Face of Tattered Life

02/15/25

1 min read

By Robert Kolb

Faith in the Risen One gives us a degree of certainty, even in the face of the trials of those around us, in our core understanding of self and world, for this faith relies on a person.
Presumed...And Forgotten?

02/08/25

1 min read

By Robert Kolb

Any other foundation than the Gospel of Jesus Christ for shaping a reliable character will be inadequate, for all other foundations focus our lives on ourselves or some creature of God.
The Benefits of Evil (Are Brief and Brittle)

01/19/25

1 min read

By Robert Kolb

More easily than we think, our failure to respect and fear, love and trust in God above all things, can eat away at our peace, our joy, our life itself.

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