TOPIC INDEXModern Theologians (10)

  1. Preaching on Ethics

    book
    06/18/22
    16 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Ethics begins not with our doing, but with the Triune God’s giving.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Christmas From Below

    book
    12/23/18
    8 mins
    By John T. Pless
    Christmas wrecks all attempts to penetrate God's hiddenness and seek him out in Heaven. He comes to us clothed in our humanity.

  8. Theology is for Proclamation

    book
    09/18/18
    1 min
    By Caleb Keith Jim Nestingen John T. Pless
    Caleb Keith is once again joined by Drs. Jim Nestingen and John Pless for a special recording in Bergen Norway.

  9. Preaching Pentecost

    book
    05/14/18
    15 mins
    By John T. Pless
    The miracle of Pentecost is not obvious; it is the miracle of faith created through the preaching of the word of the cross.

  10. Norway Special

    book
    09/15/17
    1 min
    By Scott Keith Caleb Keith Jim Nestingen John T. Pless
    On this episode, the fellows are once again joined by Dr. Nestingen and Prof. Pless. This time, we tackle listener questions about doctrine and the differences between Norwegian and German Lutheranism.