TOPIC INDEXJesus Christ (8)

  1. Preaching Trinity Sunday

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    06/05/22
    9 mins
    By John T. Pless
    The celebration of Trinity Sunday–the only church festival specifically dedicated to a doctrine–reminds us of the necessity of confessing that the one God exists in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

  2. Bearing the Cross-A Sermon for Wednesday in Holy Week

    book
    04/10/22
    8 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Simon carried the cross, but Jesus was carried by the cross to death.

  3. Denied!-A Sermon for Tuesday in Holy Week

    book
    04/09/22
    9 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Out there the instincts to protect yourself from embarrassment, ridicule, and rejection can easily overcome you as they did Peter. Our only hope is in Peter’s Lord.

  4. Bright Valley of Love: A Story for Preachers as Advent Turns Toward Christmas

    book
    12/09/21
    12 mins
    By John T. Pless
    This is an excerpt from Chapter 27 in “Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons” written by John T. Pless (1517 Publishing, 2021). Now Available for Preorder

  5. Mankind - Not God - Needs Demythologizing: In the Ring with John Pless

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    01/28/21
    4 mins
    By Joel Hess Paul Koch John T. Pless
    What does it look like to preach while the world is ending? Ringside Preachers, Craft of Preaching, and John Pless from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne tackle this topic from a practical and historical viewpoint after eating fried chicken livers, of course.

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

    book
    12/20/20
    17 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Luther’s Christmas sermons remind us that unless Christ is proclaimed FOR YOU, He is not preached.

  7. The Last Sundays of the Church Year

    book
    11/15/20
    16 mins
    By John T. Pless
    What does the return of the Lord Jesus in judgment mean for me now in the face of all the real-life verdicts that I have to face?

  8. Advent Midweek Sermon 2: The Second Article of the Apostles' Creed

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    12/02/19
    13 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Under the lordship of the crucified and risen Emmanuel, our existence is one of blessedness. Blessedness means we are not under the condemnation of the Law, but the benediction of God’s favor here in time and, hereafter, in eternity.