TOPIC INDEXPractical Theology (8)

  1. Preaching the Gospel When Cities Burn

    book
    03/31/24
    32 mins
    By John Bombaro
    You are the baptized, for in Christ we are all wet. The demographic dividers are washed away.

  2. The Freakonomics of Jesus

    book
    10/17/22
    19 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.

  3. Epistle: I Timothy 2:1-15 (Pentecost 15: Series C)

    book
    09/11/22
    25 mins
    By John Bombaro
    St. Paul extends to us the call to arms. In particular, there is one weapon which is effective against so elusive an enemy. The weapon is prayer.

  4. Our Dissident Identity

    book
    08/29/22
    19 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Being the baptized just may be the last, great resistance.

  5. “When the Humbling Comes”: A Funeral Sermon for the Impressive

    book
    07/17/21
    27 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The good news is Christ Jesus is faithful to the end, even to the point of death and through death, with a steadfast and vocal faith in God our Savior for those who cannot do so in their lives any longer on account of their altered state.

  6. The Sermon as Linchpin

    book
    05/23/21
    14 mins
    By John Bombaro
    We have the Gospel in Word and the Gospel in Sacrament. Both are poised to declare the peace of the Lord, the good news of God’s forgiveness because of the life, vicarious atonement, and resurrection of Jesus the Son.

  7. Jesus Did Not “Pass Away”: On Preaching Death and Dying

    book
    11/01/20
    32 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Faithful preachers should remain steadfast in the biblical categories and terminology and preach the reality of death.

  8. Epistle: Romans 8:28-39 (Pentecost 8: Series A)

    book
    07/19/20
    15 mins
    By John Bombaro
    It is that love, finally, which comes back again and again, not as an afterthought, but as the underlying theme of the entire section.