TOPIC INDEXMinistry of the Church (54)

  1. Preaching Us Beyond our Comfort Zones

    book
    09/23/23
    16 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    God is placing us in new situations. His unchanging and utterly reliable Word provides our only anchor.

  2. Justification as Purification

    book
    08/26/23
    18 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Jesus purifies His own and ends their identification as unfit to appear in His presence or in front of other people as the person we identify as our true self.

  3. Conversations During the Sermon

    book
    08/05/23
    13 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    The gift of publicly serving as minister of God’s Word for the people we are called to serve brings us endless blessings, but like many blessings it brings also the sense of responsibility that takes seriously the challenge of accurate communication of what the Lord is saying to us from the pages of Scripture.

  4. Dismantling Mistrust from the Pulpit

    book
    01/07/23
    17 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    The sermon takes place in the context of a multi-facetted set of relationships experienced through the weeks and months of being together in congregation and community. Those relationships shape the credibility of the preacher in the pulpit. 

  5. That Passage Deserves Another Look

    book
    07/03/22
    14 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Whether or not there be grand thoughts behind a text, it is guaranteed that behind each text the Holy Spirit is lying in wait, and He is trying to enter into conversation with you.

  6. Resurrection Realism

    book
    04/16/22
    15 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    The gospel of Jesus’ coming out of death and the tomb alive so that we might be restored to our identity as God’s children establishes the most enduring reality there is.

  7. Proclaiming Justification as Incorporation into Christ‘s Family

    book
    03/19/22
    17 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Belonging to Christ means we have a place where we fit, a resting place where we are at peace because we know our Lord accepts us as His own.

  8. Life in the Subjunctive

    book
    02/20/22
    14 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    The dream of what might have been or what could possibly become reality diverts us from the sober assessment and the joyful appreciation of what God is giving us in this hour and this place.

  9. Crisis

    book
    02/12/22
    12 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    It is precisely from the cross that the glory of God shines most brightly into our lives, as dark and sinister as Golgotha appears from a sinful distance. Cross trumps crisis.

  10. The Freedom to Say What I Mean

    book
    02/05/22
    14 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Because Jesus has set us free, we enjoy a freedom of movement in His world, under His grace, that loosens our tongues to sing His praise.

  11. Seasonal Toughness

    book
    12/12/21
    15 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Our Advent anticipation of the coming of the Savior to liberate us from sin and its wage of death, from the condemnation of God’s Law and the wrath of a loving heavenly Father, is indeed a daring and defiant stance.

  12. Every Apple Gives Thanks to the Lord

    book
    11/21/21
    13 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Thanksgiving utters a confession of dependence, an acknowledgement of the gift of something not earned or deserved.
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