TOPIC INDEXJustification (8)

  1. 1 John 3: 13-24: The Given Life

    book
    09/23/22
    14 mins
    By Bob Hiller
    Jesus is the anti-Cain: a giver, not a taker.

  2. Epistle: Romans 3:19-28 (Reformation Sunday: Series B )

    book
    10/23/21
    17 mins
    By Bob Hiller
    Are we still haunted by God? Do our sins bother us to the point that we worry about God’s righteous wrath? Does the concept of justification, how one can be right in the eyes of God, even cross our minds?

  3. In the Ring: Preaching in Chaos with Dr. Peter Nafzger

    book
    10/15/20
    3 mins
    By Joel Hess Bob Hiller Paul Koch
    What is essential and non-essential in an age of crisis? Ringside meets the Craft of Preaching with Dr. Peter Nafzger in a discussion about preaching to specific people in a specific location. Half of the Seminary may be from Nebraska, but what does your hyper-local world need to hear? Maybe the preacher’s task is to start a crisis.

  4. In the Ring: The Goal of Preaching with Dr. David Schmitt

    book
    10/12/20
    1 min
    By Joel Hess Bob Hiller Paul Koch

  5. Given God's Name: The First Petition of the Lord's Prayer

    book
    02/20/20
    11 mins
    By Bob Hiller
    This article is the second installment in an eight-part series inspired by the Lenten themes of catechesis, prayer, and repentance found in the Lord’s Prayer as Luther taught it in his Small Catechism.

  6. If You Don't Go to Church, You Won't Go to Heaven!

    book
    01/29/18
    12 mins
    By Bob Hiller
    Heaven is as near as the Word proclaimed from the mouth of the preacher into the ear and heart of the sinner. It is as near as the bread and wine in your mouth. For, you see, Word and sacrament are where Jesus is.

  7. Good Reasons To Not Baptize Your Baby?

    book
    12/20/17
    15 mins
    By Bob Hiller
    Babies need to be baptized for the same reason that all Christians need to be absolved: All of us are born into and contribute to this sin-wrecked show of a life.

  8. The Ghosts of Sins Past

    book
    09/15/17
    14 mins
    By Bob Hiller
    I hear voices in my head accusing me, telling me these sins will be there on the Day of Judgment unless I make atonement.