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1 min|12/26/22In this episode of Preaching the Text, Steve Paulson and John Hoyum discuss Matthew's account of the slaughter of infant boys by Herod at Bethlehem, along with the flight of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus to Egypt.
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1 min|12/18/22Today we learn of the mystery of Christ become flesh. Our normal inclination is to think of God beyond our comprehension in holy majesty – too far above for us to imagine.
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1 min|12/13/22On this episode of preaching the text we study Matthew's story of Christ's conception and birth.
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1 min|12/05/22Today we talk about John's imprisonment and his doubts about Christ as the messiah.
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8 mins read|12/02/22When the church is a political actor, the gospel doesn’t have the final word.
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1 min|11/28/22Today, we talk about the first encounter of Jesus with John the Baptist.
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1 min|11/23/22The first episode of Preaching the Text introduces the hosts, Dr. Steven Paulson and Pr. John Hoyum, as they start this new study of the Sunday lectionary texts.
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16 mins read|04/15/21Forde’s work testifies to the liveliness and vitality of confessional Lutheranism, and its promise for the continuing need to preach Christ crucified in this, and every, age until the Lord’s return.
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11 mins read|01/19/21Has the modern world taken too strong a dose of the gospel as its inheritance from the Reformation?
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12 mins read|06/12/20The gospel does not proclaim the results of our practical reasoning about things we experience, but the horror of God crucified for our sins and at our hands.
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13 mins read|01/13/20Christians are free to engage in political matters, even as Christians, but the church as an institution has a responsibility not to lobby for specific political ends, however worthy and just they might be.
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9 mins read|10/08/18What we notice less often is that this same fear wonders about both the efficacy of the Gospel and the Law.
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