Essays on Preaching (76)
  1. All sinners hunger for the assurance that Christ did not die in vain but for them.
  2. Who would have expected that God is a God of surprises?
  3. Wrestling alone puts us always at a disadvantage and every wrestling face-off needs a referee. Pastors are called to be such referees for their people.
  4. What preachers deliver to their hearers is not just one or another gift, a present or two that enriches life. Preachers also deliver the very presence of the Lord.
  5. The end of the Easter season is a good time to remind ourselves that the Holy Spirit kindly stops by because the Messiah has triumphed over the Murderer.
  6. The earlier Christians, like us, experienced the struggle, but they knew how the fact of Jesus coming back from three days in the tomb meant every day of their life on this earth was a day framed and governed by His claim on life for His people.
  7. Strange as it may sound, Easter is the perfect time to use the pulpit and other forums for preparing people to die.
  8. The empty tomb delivers the grains of life that pollinate all good things so life in its fullest can blossom in our lives because Christ brought life back to us when He rose.
  9. Christ’s victory swallowed up the death which devours sinners, and its stinger was bent out of shape beyond repair.
  10. The “alleluia” sustains itself and actively shapes the way in which we see ourselves and the world around us to say nothing of our Lord and God.
  11. Reluctant as they undoubtedly were, the soldiers were the first witnesses who spread word that Jesus, who had been crucified, dead, and buried, was now alive and on the move.
  12. This is the day that the Lord has made, and it is a day on which the Lord has called us to remember His goodness and to count on His continued blessing.
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