Essays on Preaching

Using Easter

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.
Transfiguration Is for Preaching

02/03/24

18 mins

By John T. Pless

Behind the preacher stands Christ Jesus. Preachers listen to Jesus so that, in turn, they may preach Him, and their congregations may hear the voice of the Good Shepherd from the mouths of their pastors.
It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas: Revisiting Martin Luther’s Christmas Book

12/16/23

19 mins

By John T. Pless

A little time spent with this book might well prompt your imagination and stimulate meditation on the story of Christmas.
Isaiah for Advent: A Primer from Martin Luther on Afflicted Faith

11/25/23

31 mins

By John T. Pless

God did not rend the heavens and come down to collect the righteous for Himself. He came from a lineage of sinners to be their Savior.
Hope in the Midst of Judgment: Thoughts from Werner Elert for Preaching at the End of the Church Year

11/11/23

14 mins

By John T. Pless

All Christian preaching is done in view of the eschatological horizon as we proclaim the Lord who will return as the Judge of all in glory who can no longer be contradicted or denied.
A Mediation on All Saints Sunday Preaching: Saints, Not Super-Christian Heroes

10/29/23

9 mins

By John T. Pless

Those who have gone before us in the faith have no more need of absolution, for their baptisms have been brought to completion and they are eternally free from sin and done with death.
Getting Ready to Preach on Reformation Sunday: Gleanings from Has Joachim Iwand

10/21/23

17 mins

By John T. Pless

If we take the article of justification out of the center, very soon we will not know why we are evangelical Christians or should remain so.-Hans J. Iwand
Timely Preaching: The Church Year

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.
Preaching the Resurrection of the Body in the Face of Post-Human Alternatives: Homiletical Thoughts on 1 Corinthians 15

04/08/23

10 mins

By John T. Pless

In Christ, God gives us not a posthuman future but a human future in His children through His Son.
Book Review: Justification Is for Preaching

12/31/22

9 mins

By John T. Pless

While they speak on various aspects of the preaching task, these essays share a unity in their authors’ commitment to the fact that the preaching of Jesus Christ is not simply motivational, informational, or inspirational; it is the delivery of God’s promise into the ears of those who if left to themselves are deaf to the Creator’s voice.
Christmas from Below

12/17/22

14 mins

By John T. Pless

Christmas wrecks all attempts to penetrate God’s hiddenness and seek Him out in Heaven. He comes to us clothed in our humanity.
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.

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