TOPIC INDEXCreeds and Confessions (6)

  1. Preaching Trinity Sunday

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    05/27/23
    10 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.

  2. Advent Midweek Sermon 3: The Third Article of the Apostles' Creed

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    12/09/19
    11 mins
    By John T. Pless
    The Holy Spirit is fixated on Jesus and it is the Spirit’s mission to bring us to faith in Him for He is the way, the truth, and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him.

  3. Advent Midweek Sermon 2: The Second Article of the Apostles' Creed

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    12/02/19
    13 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Under the lordship of the crucified and risen Emmanuel, our existence is one of blessedness. Blessedness means we are not under the condemnation of the Law, but the benediction of God’s favor here in time and, hereafter, in eternity.

  4. Advent Midweek Sermon 1: The First Article of the Apostles' Creed

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    11/25/19
    10 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Advent draws us to the Lord who comes. We might even say that Advent really does begin in creation as the Father through His Eternal Word breathes His Spirit over the depths of darkness and calls into existence that the culmination of things that are not.

  5. Special Advent Series: Preaching the Apostles' Creed in Advent

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    11/18/19
    16 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Professor John T. Pless has organized an incredible Advent series on the Apostles' Creed for you! Included here are texts, themes, and an order of service for your midweek Advent services.

  6. Catechetical Preaching

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    08/12/19
    22 mins
    By John T. Pless
    [Luther's] Catechism is at home in the evangelical pulpit, guiding and shaping what the preacher says so faith might be created and love given direction.