Essays on Preaching (330)
  1. Justification and regeneration are, therefore, necessarily connected and have profound implications upon the craft of preaching.
  2. Jesus' cross is for dull shepherds and bright magi. It is for the whole world. It is for you.
  3. Christ is present in the pure preaching of the gospel. And if Christ is present, then we have entered into the domain of the sacraments.
  4. In preaching, auditors are informed and instructed on hearing the voice of the Other, not themselves or contemporary resonances.
  5. 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.
  6. Thanksgiving utters a confession of dependence, an acknowledgement of the gift of something not earned or deserved.
  7. Jesus’ "collection of masks" fits Him out for assorted occasions through which He comes into contact with His human creatures.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. The homiletical task of diminishing and debilitating mistrust begins, at every part of preaching, with the preacher.
  11. 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. Preaching is the first line of defense and catechetical offensive against these corrosive falsehoods.
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