Essays on Preaching

The Preacher's Toolbox: Preaching from the Sidewalk—The Palm Sunday Procession

03/25/23

13 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

When we celebrate ceremonies like the Palm Sunday procession, faith makes its way more deeply into our bones.
End Times Roundup: Proclaiming Parousia

03/18/23

29 mins

By John Bombaro

Christ saves the world even now from judgment and preserves it moment-by-moment for the potential salvation of many and, ultimately, the created order itself.
The Preacher's Toolbox: The Celtic Way of Proclamation

03/12/23

11 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

Underlying the particular strategies of these missionaries was a more fundamental approach to proclamation, one contemporary preachers need to reclaim.
Preaching the End Times Better (Part 3): The Parousia of Holy Communion

03/04/23

41 mins

By John Bombaro

During the last days, among the faithful, the resurrected Jesus is present in self-donation to assure the baptized that we ourselves are already participating in the new creation through Holy Baptism.
The Preacher's Toolbox: The Perpetual Fount: Bo Giertz on Preaching

02/25/23

16 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

For all his theological and literary works, Giertz was always a preacher at heart. He recognized the pulpit was the perpetual fount of the Church’s faith.
God Pours Ashes on My Head

02/22/23

16 mins

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.
Preaching the End Times Better (Part 2): The Hermeneutics of Parousia

02/18/23

35 mins

By John Bombaro

Whatever conclusions one may have regarding the earth and redemption, they must be understood as a consequence of the ongoing work and reality of the incarnate Son of God.
The Preacher's Toolbox: The Craftmanship of Preaching

02/12/23

16 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

Just as shoddy builders can get by at times with subpar work, so also shoddy preachers can occasionally offer up half-baked homiletic hash.
Preaching the End Times Better (Part 1): 2 Peter 3 Disambiguation

02/04/23

22 mins

By John Bombaro

There is a better way to preach the End Times that has nothing to do with Left Behind series scenarios. The key is no secret at all. Follow where Christology leads.
Authentic Proclamation: How Good Pastoring Factors into Good Preaching

01/29/23

16 mins

By John Bombaro

Authentic proclamation, then, is the love of Christ for our souls, which we have seen and experienced through the under-shepherd’s pastoral care put into the words of Christ Himself.
The Preacher's Toolbox: Concerning Mysterious Shower Epiphanies

01/28/23

15 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

Preachers can more deliberately make time to meditate deeply and quiet the clatter which keeps us from hearing the still, small voice of the Spirit.
The Preacher's Toolbox: Embracing Your Tortoise: Prayer and Planning Days

01/22/23

12 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

Time devoted to planning, to say nothing of prayer, pays-off in the long run many times over. If ever there was a vocation that need not be in a hurry, it is the cure of souls.
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