Essays on Preaching (323)
  1. At the Supper Christ established on Maundy Thursday, you receive the fruits of that sacrifice: his body and blood given for you.
  2. Holy Saturday is not silent. It is the King announcing victory in enemy territory.
  3. Christ’s throne is the cross: Crowned with thorns, robed in mockery, surrounded by criminals.
  4. Baptism gives me the life under Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that continues throughout this age and guarantees my life forever with my Creator.
  5. When we stop to think about what is happening at this unique meal, set aside for the people of God, we have to be bowled over and blown away by the splendor of the sacrifice that made the feast possible.
  6. I wrote a sentence in the front of my Prayer Book, a line I still return to often: There is only one Savior of the universe, and you are not it.
  7. This is the second key to the soul care of the preacher: Taking time to be with Jesus and taking time to rest.
  8. Because Christ has already said, “Yes,” on your behalf, you are free, indeed, called to say no...sometimes...
  9. This is the aim of a day of repentance: To come face to face with God and, therefore, face to face with our sin.
  10. Ignorance concerning the biblical truth about Holy Baptism needs to be dispelled from the pulpit as well as the catechetical schoolhouse.
  11. Bayer shows the wonder and the glory that is found in the God who creates faith through the Word we are sent to preach, the Word that gives us certainty in Christ preached and promised.
  12. In the spirit of the Magnificat, Mary knew instead that there is but one mediator between God and her, God and us, and he is Christ Jesus.
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