TOPIC INDEXChurch Seasons (35)

  1. Using Easter

    book
    03/23/24
    12 mins
    By 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.

  2. Timely Preaching: The Church Year

    book
    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.

  3. Preaching Trinity Sunday

    book
    06/05/22
    9 mins
    By John T. Pless
    The celebration of Trinity Sunday–the only church festival specifically dedicated to a doctrine–reminds us of the necessity of confessing that the one God exists in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

  4. Maundy Thursday Preaching

    book
    04/10/22
    15 mins
    By John T. Pless
    On this Maundy Thursday, in particular, let the “for you” of Christ’s gifts dominate.

  5. Bearing the Cross-A Sermon for Wednesday in Holy Week

    book
    04/10/22
    8 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Simon carried the cross, but Jesus was carried by the cross to death.

  6. Denied!-A Sermon for Tuesday in Holy Week

    book
    04/09/22
    9 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Out there the instincts to protect yourself from embarrassment, ridicule, and rejection can easily overcome you as they did Peter. Our only hope is in Peter’s Lord.

  7. Betrayed!-A Sermon for Monday in Holy Week

    book
    04/09/22
    7 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Betrayed. It is a word which chills the soul and sickens the stomach. To be betrayed is to have a friend turn on you, treating you as an enemy.

  8. A Little Help from Luther for Holy Week Preachers

    book
    04/03/22
    11 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Passion Week preaching is not simply preaching about the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion but to announce to the world how through this single death, sins are answered for, and God is reconciled with humanity.

  9. Preaching Law and Gospel: Repentance and Faith from the Penitential Psalms in Lent

    book
    03/13/22
    32 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Luther recognized that in the penitential psalms, God gives us the words to cry out to Him in our distress, lament our sins, and confess trust in the promise of His righteousness in which alone is our sure and certain hope.

  10. Epiphany: The Father Unwraps the Gift of His Son

    book
    01/16/22
    11 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Jesus' cross is for dull shepherds and bright magi. It is for the whole world. It is for you.

  11. Holy Scripture for the Advent Preacher: Part 1

    book
    12/14/21
    21 mins
    By John T. Pless
    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.

  12. Holy Scripture for the Advent Preacher: Part 2

    book
    12/14/21
    24 mins
    By John T. Pless
    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.
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