Church Seasons

Timely Preaching: The Church Year

09/08/23

32 mins

By 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.
Episode 232: Pentecost and Holy Trinity

06/01/23

10 mins

By Michael Berg Wade Johnston

In episode TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, Mike and Wade discuss Pentecost and Holy Trinity Sunday. What's the significance of these two days in the church year?
Preaching the Ascension as Thy Kingdom Come

05/13/23

14 mins

By John Bombaro

If Easter is about Jesus as the prototype of the new creation, then the Ascension is about His enthronement as the One who rules forevermore on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

12/28/22

11 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we look at the Feast of the Innocents or Childermas.
Epistle: Romans 13: (8-10)11-14 (Advent 1: Series A)

11/19/22

15 mins

By John Bombaro

For Christians, Advent is the time when the Church patiently prepares for the coming of the Great King, Jesus the Christ.
Old Testament: Isaiah 2:1-5 (Advent 1: Series A)

11/19/22

21 mins

By Bob Sundquist

The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
Epistle: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, 13-17 (Pentecost 22: Series C)

10/30/22

16 mins

By John Bombaro

Whatever else may be said about the Last Day it consists of these two inseparable things: Christ’s coming and His kingdom people being gathered to Him.
Old Testament: Exodus 3:1-15 (Pentecost 22: Series C)

10/30/22

17 mins

By Bob Sundquist

The name of God invites us on a journey to see how God will remain present with his people, listen to their cries for salvation, know their sufferings in such an intimate way so as to incarnate them in Christ.
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (All Saints: Series C)

10/30/22

11 mins

By David Schmitt

The words of Jesus shine with a graceful brilliance among the broken fragments of this world.
Remembering the Dead: Preparing to Preach on All Saints Sunday

10/29/22

12 mins

By John T. Pless

We give thanks to the Lord for His victory over death and the grave both for those who are now with Him in glory and for ourselves even as we press forward in faithfulness awaiting the Day when our eyes will see Him.
The Otherworldly Vision

10/27/22

4 mins

By Gerhard Forde

Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
Epistle: Romans 3:19-28 (Reformation Sunday: Series C)

10/23/22

20 mins

By John Bombaro

The phrase “works of the law” has an antithesis when it comes to righteousness—faith. What keeping the Law could not do, the gift of faith does.

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