TOPIC INDEXEssays on Preaching (58)

  1. Life in the Subjunctive

    book
    02/20/22
    14 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    The dream of what might have been or what could possibly become reality diverts us from the sober assessment and the joyful appreciation of what God is giving us in this hour and this place.

  2. Crisis

    book
    02/12/22
    12 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    It is precisely from the cross that the glory of God shines most brightly into our lives, as dark and sinister as Golgotha appears from a sinful distance. Cross trumps crisis.

  3. The Freedom to Say What I Mean

    book
    02/05/22
    14 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Because Jesus has set us free, we enjoy a freedom of movement in His world, under His grace, that loosens our tongues to sing His praise.

  4. Seasonal Toughness

    book
    12/12/21
    15 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Our Advent anticipation of the coming of the Savior to liberate us from sin and its wage of death, from the condemnation of God’s Law and the wrath of a loving heavenly Father, is indeed a daring and defiant stance.

  5. Every Apple Gives Thanks to the Lord

    book
    11/21/21
    13 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Thanksgiving utters a confession of dependence, an acknowledgement of the gift of something not earned or deserved.

  6. That Masked Man Is Jesus

    book
    11/07/21
    18 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Jesus’ "collection of masks" fits Him out for assorted occasions through which He comes into contact with His human creatures.

  7. God Is Watching You

    book
    10/30/21
    13 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    God seeks us out and desires to give us more than a friendly smile or an understanding look. He seeks us out to embrace us and converse with us.

  8. Justification by Faith

    book
    10/25/21
    16 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Trust may risk, but trust produces a sense of assurance letting us rest easy and enjoy peace while it drives us to ventures which may seem dangerous but are possible to do because trust defies the dangers.

  9. Justification as Forgiveness

    book
    10/16/21
    18 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Forgiveness is ours, Luther continually proclaimed, because Christ has put His claim on our sins and taken them as His own to the Cross and into His tomb.

  10. Dismantling Mistrust from the Pulpit

    book
    10/09/21
    16 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    The homiletical task of diminishing and debilitating mistrust begins, at every part of preaching, with the preacher.

  11. Like the Shepherd

    book
    10/01/21
    14 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Undershepherds of our shepherd go rejoicing as sheep among the lambs entrusted to us into God’s everlasting sheep pen, no shabby place to spend forever.

  12. God’s Hideaways

    book
    09/11/21
    14 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    We encounter the triune God in various ways and unexpected places, at countless moments of our daily lives.
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