Essays on Preaching

Preaching Advent: Some Insights from Hermann Sasse

12/04/22

27 mins

By John T. Pless

Advent is something of a liturgical speed bump that slows us down lest we rush to Christmas but forget that the baby born in Bethlehem will return with glory and power to judge the living and the dead.
The Preacher's Toolbox: Augustine’s Purposes of Preaching

11/26/22

21 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

Neither attentive note-taking, nor appreciative head-nods, nor even sympathetic tears satisfy the purpose of preaching. Only lives that are changed by the Word working in the hearts of God’s people can do that.
Heads Up: A Primer from Luther for Advent Preaching

11/20/22

26 mins

By John T. Pless

Whatever else may be said of Advent, it is above all devoted to making Christ known as the Lord who condescends to come as Brother to and Savior of sinners.
Epistles: Colossians 1:13-20 (The Last Sunday in the Church Year: Series C)

11/12/22

27 mins

By John Bombaro

The epistle text from Colossians 1 declares how the great drama of redemption and human history ends.
Preaching in the Twilight of the Church Year

11/12/22

32 mins

By John T. Pless

That is the task of preaching in these last weeks of the Church Year, to enable the people given to our care, to praise God from the perspective of the end when our Lord will return in glory bringing us into His Kingdom of glory.
The Preacher's Toolbox: Eugene Peterson on Preaching – The Continuing Conversation

11/05/22

11 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

Peterson would have us see each sermon embedded in the community of the faithful. No sermon stands alone because its context is not merely the liturgy, much less an online livestream, but the life together of God’s people.
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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 Preacher's Toolbox: The Necessity of Clarity

10/23/22

13 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

Clarity enables mobility. When preachers make the message clear, the people of God are freed-up to follow Jesus.
Jesus’ Amnesty Program

10/16/22

27 mins

By John Bombaro

Jesus speaks His Word, and a new world order emerges, with the possibility of uniting disparate parties in the true faith.
The Preacher's Toolbox: The Sound of Silence-Pauses in Preaching

10/08/22

11 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

Strategic silence is a sanctified stall tactic which benefits both the preacher and the pew-sitter. It is not just dead air.
Forging a Sacramental Culture

10/01/22

27 mins

By John Bombaro

By making a big deal of every baptism, of every confirmation, of every rite of matrimony, the Church takes a stand against the intrusion of consumerism, secularism, identity politics, subversive subcultures, gender dysphoria, and the like.
The Preacher's Toolbox: What the Heart Doctor Showed Me about Preaching

09/24/22

14 mins

By Ryan Tinetti

We entered the hospital with a jumbled ball of questions, uncertainties, and anxieties. We left with a master class in effective communication.

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