TOPIC INDEXEssays on Preaching (251)

  1. Deep Diagnosis: Preaching to the Heart (Part 2)

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    01/13/24
    11 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The outward sins we do all begin with Sin hidden in our hearts. But we cannot see that, it has to be revealed to us by a spiritual scan, an MRI from above.

  2. The Preacher's Toolbox: Cosmic Preaching - Bringing Order to Your Process

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    01/06/24
    21 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    The ancients had a process for preparing to give a speech that has come down to us as the so-called “canons” (or stages) of rhetoric, which continues to be useful for orators of all kinds, not least preachers.

  3. Deep Diagnosis: Preaching to the Heart (Part 1)

    book
    12/30/23
    12 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Jesus is taking the Law and setting it forth in such a way that we get a good look at what is going on in us.

  4. Seasonal Toughness

    book
    12/23/23
    15 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    As we celebrate Advent and Christmas, we flex the muscles of a new season, a new year, a new life which His resurrection and our baptisms have bestowed upon us.

  5. It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas: Revisiting Martin Luther’s Christmas Book

    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.

  6. The Preacher's Toolbox: A Christmas Story

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    12/16/23
    13 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    “What’s the play about?” Imogene asked. “It’s about Jesus,” I said. “Everything here is,” she muttered.

  7. God In the Womb

    book
    12/10/23
    27 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The Magnificat invites us to enter into, consider, and embrace the worldview of a teenaged Jewish girl and her geriatric aunt: The one bearing the prophet Elijah which was to come and the other carrying within her womb the God whom she and her nation worshipped and feared.

  8. The Preacher's Toolbox: How to Tell Stories Better

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    12/02/23
    15 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    Today, I want to share with you one simple trick which will help to ensure the stories you tell are truly “stories,” and not just an arranging of events in supposedly narrative form.

  9. Isaiah for Advent: A Primer from Martin Luther on Afflicted Faith

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    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.

  10. The Preacher's Toolbox: Finding Gold-Sources of Stories

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    11/18/23
    15 mins
    By Ryan Tinetti
    For preachers with ears to hear and eyes to see, good stories are all around us.

  11. Hope in the Midst of Judgment: Thoughts from Werner Elert for Preaching at the End of the Church Year

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    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.

  12. 327: Karl Barth - How to Preach to Prisoners

    book
    11/08/23
    9 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    In this episode, we discuss preaching to those in prison, the consequences of sin, and the power of the gospel. We read excerpts from Karl Barth’s prison sermons and converse about preaching, pastoral care to the vulnerable, where Jesus locates himself for the preaching of the Gospel, and how we can all “set the captives free” through the power of the Gospel proclaimed for the forgiveness of sin. 
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