TOPIC INDEXMartin Luther (14)

  1. Transfiguration Is for Preaching

    book
    02/03/24
    18 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Behind the preacher stands Christ Jesus. Preachers listen to Jesus so that, in turn, they may preach Him, and their congregations may hear the voice of the Good Shepherd from the mouths of their pastors.

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

    book
    12/16/23
    19 mins
    By John T. Pless
    A little time spent with this book might well prompt your imagination and stimulate meditation on the story of Christmas.

  3. Isaiah for Advent: A Primer from Martin Luther on Afflicted Faith

    book
    11/25/23
    31 mins
    By John T. Pless
    God did not rend the heavens and come down to collect the righteous for Himself. He came from a lineage of sinners to be their Savior.

  4. Getting Ready to Preach on Reformation Sunday: Gleanings from Has Joachim Iwand

    book
    10/21/23
    17 mins
    By John T. Pless
    If we take the article of justification out of the center, very soon we will not know why we are evangelical Christians or should remain so.-Hans J. Iwand

  5. Heads Up: A Primer from Luther for Advent Preaching

    book
    11/20/22
    26 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Whatever else may be said of Advent, it is above all devoted to making Christ known as the Lord who condescends to come as Brother to and Savior of sinners.

  6. Preaching Trinity Sunday

    book
    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.

  7. Maundy Thursday Preaching

    book
    04/10/22
    15 mins
    By John T. Pless
    On this Maundy Thursday, in particular, let the “for you” of Christ’s gifts dominate.

  8. Special Lent Series: Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice!

    book
    02/03/21
    3 mins
    By John T. Pless
    John T. Pless has prepared a midweek Lenten sermon series that will fix our eyes on the saving work of the triune God. Based on Martin Luther’s hymn “Dear Christians One and All Rejoice,” this series will provide preachers an opportunity to proclaim the saving work of God to their hearers throughout the season of Lent.

  9. 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.

  10. Preparing to Preach on Reformation Sunday: Thoughts from Hermann Sasse

    book
    10/18/20
    15 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Whether you are a Christian or not, you cannot escape the significance of the Reformation. It is an important chapter in western history; yes, in world history.

  11. Preaching Hope: Theological Reflections on the Last Sundays of the Church Year

    book
    11/11/19
    13 mins
    By John T. Pless
    It is in the midst of a world marked by empty and deceptive hopes that have broken hearts and lives that we are sent to deliver the promise of a future that has as its last chapter the resurrection of the body to eternal life with the Lamb who was slain but is alive forevermore.

  12. Catechetical Preaching

    book
    08/12/19
    22 mins
    By John T. Pless
    [Luther's] Catechism is at home in the evangelical pulpit, guiding and shaping what the preacher says so faith might be created and love given direction.
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