TOPIC INDEXMinistry of the Church (43)

  1. Holy Scripture for the Advent Preacher: Part 1

    book
    12/14/21
    21 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Lutheran theology begins not with God in His terrifying majesty but with God in the flesh, God crucified for sinners. Advent is about this trajectory.

  2. Holy Scripture for the Advent Preacher: Part 2

    book
    12/14/21
    24 mins
    By John T. Pless
    The Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles to put God’s Word into human language has guided and guarded their transmission in the course of human history preserving them for the sake of the Gospel.

  3. A Q&A for Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons

    book
    12/14/21
    10 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons is now available through 1517 Publishing

  4. Your Pastor Is Not Your Therapist: Private Confession

    book
    11/19/21
    9 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Forgiveness of sins does not come in bits and pieces. There are no levels of forgiveness.

  5. Thoughts on Preaching at the End of the Church Year

    book
    11/14/21
    17 mins
    By John T. Pless
    The time is always near. The world rages on and in it you have tribulation, it is true. But the One who is standing at the gate has conquered.

  6. 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.

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

    book
    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.

  8. 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.

  9. Impulses for Advent Preaching from Bonhoeffer

    book
    12/06/20
    14 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Bonhoeffer’s Advent preaching was carried out under the dark shadow of war yet within that night the word of promise sounds forth with radiant clarity. There is much in his preaching to inspire, deepen, and sharpen our proclamation in Advent 2020.

  10. John the Baptist: Witness in the Wilderness

    book
    11/29/20
    11 mins
    By John T. Pless
    John is not the Light; he is the servant sent to bear witness to the light.

  11. Preaching Advent: Some Insights from Hermann Sasse

    book
    11/22/20
    17 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Advent is something of a liturgical speed bump that slows us down lest we rush to Christmas but forget that the baby born in Bethlehem will return with glory and power to judge the living and the dead.

  12. Remembering the Dead: Preparing to Preach on All Saints Sunday

    book
    10/29/20
    12 mins
    By John T. Pless
    We give thanks to the Lord for His victory over death and the grave both for those who are now with Him in glory and for ourselves even as we press forward in faithfulness awaiting the Day when our eyes will see Him.
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