TOPIC INDEXGospel (7)

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

    book
    01/27/24
    9 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Sin affects body and soul, right down to the core of our humanity. It calls for a drastic cure, for extreme measures.

  2. The Fact of Our Need for a King

    book
    12/14/23
    22 mins
    By John Bombaro
    We still think we can sort own own problems with more money, more education, more resources, more techniques, more, more, more.

  3. Plagiarizing Jesus: The Gift of the Lord's Prayer

    book
    05/22/23
    12 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The Lord’s prayer is a prayer in perfect accord with the will of God, and Jesus gifts it to us to plagiarize at will.

  4. Intensifying Sermons: A Lesson from John 8:48-59

    book
    04/01/23
    42 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Preaching the intensities of Lent and Holy Week’s gospel pericopes means dispensing with romanticized interpretations and allowing the texts to self-present, be they ever so uncomfortable or forceful.

  5. Why the Church Is Theologically Conservative

    book
    03/10/23
    14 mins
    By John Bombaro
    We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.

  6. To Lent or Not to Lent

    book
    02/14/21
    15 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The season of Lent gives almost unparalleled opportunity for preachers to placard before their auditors the Cross of Christ and beckon Christians to take up their cross and follow Him.

  7. Cliché Preaching

    book
    05/17/20
    18 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Cliché preaching may be symptomatic of shallow, consumerist culture, perpetuating a problem rather than the solution.