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John T. Pless
John T. Pless

  1. Preaching the Parables: A Review of Proclaiming the Parables by Thomas Long

    book
    06/22/24
    14 mins
    John T. Pless
    Long does not see the parables as riddles to be explained, but truth of God’s Kingdom to be proclaimed.

  2. Confession and Absolution

    book
    06/21/24
    12 mins
    John T. Pless
    This is an excerpt from “Confession and Absolution” by John T. Pless in Common Places in Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly, edited by Mark Mattes, (1517 Publishing 2023).

  3. A Commentary for Preachers of the Cross

    book
    06/08/24
    17 mins
    John T. Pless
    There are some commentaries preachers ought not be without. One of those is Mark Seifrid's commentary on 2 Corinthians!

  4. Preaching the Resurrection of the Body in the Face of Post-Human Alternatives: Homiletical Thoughts on 1 Corinthians 15

    book
    04/27/24
    10 mins
    John T. Pless
    As Christians, we are given another future. It is not a posthuman epic, but a future given us in the resurrection of the One who is both God and man from the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ.

  5. Using Easter

    book
    03/23/24
    12 mins
    John T. Pless
    Using Easter means the peace of Christ is to be preached into the conscience of those held captive by sin and death.

  6. Transfiguration Is for Preaching

    book
    02/03/24
    18 mins
    John T. Pless
    Behind the preacher stands Christ Jesus. Preachers listen to Jesus so that, in turn, they may preach Him, and their congregations may hear the voice of the Good Shepherd from the mouths of their pastors.

  7. Isaiah for Advent: A Primer from Martin Luther on Afflicted Faith

    book
    11/25/23
    31 mins
    John T. Pless
    God did not rend the heavens and come down to collect the righteous for Himself. He came from a lineage of sinners to be their Savior.

  8. Hope in the Midst of Judgment: Thoughts from Werner Elert for Preaching at the End of the Church Year

    book
    11/11/23
    14 mins
    John T. Pless
    All Christian preaching is done in view of the eschatological horizon as we proclaim the Lord who will return as the Judge of all in glory who can no longer be contradicted or denied.

  9. A Mediation on All Saints Sunday Preaching: Saints, Not Super-Christian Heroes

    book
    10/29/23
    9 mins
    John T. Pless
    Those who have gone before us in the faith have no more need of absolution, for their baptisms have been brought to completion and they are eternally free from sin and done with death.

  10. Getting Ready to Preach on Reformation Sunday: Gleanings from Has Joachim Iwand

    book
    10/21/23
    17 mins
    John T. Pless
    If we take the article of justification out of the center, very soon we will not know why we are evangelical Christians or should remain so.-Hans J. Iwand

  11. Timely Preaching: The Church Year

    book
    09/08/23
    32 mins
    John T. Pless
    The church year anchors preaching in God’s historical acts of salvation guarding both the preacher and the hearers from arid rationalism and egocentric flights inward.

  12. Preaching the Resurrection of the Body in the Face of Post-Human Alternatives: Homiletical Thoughts on 1 Corinthians 15

    book
    04/08/23
    10 mins
    John T. Pless
    In Christ, God gives us not a posthuman future but a human future in His children through His Son.
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