TOPIC INDEXPractical Theology (7)

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. The Gift of Patience and Hope

    book
    04/04/21
    13 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours patience and hope into the way we think and the way we experience life.

  4. The Gift of Joy

    book
    02/07/21
    15 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance breaks through sorrow and worry; such trust pours joy into the way we think and the way we experience life.

  5. Preaching an Awe-fully Mysterious and Wondrous God

    book
    09/20/20
    20 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    As long as our illusions of control over storms and germs persist to govern our thinking, we will never be able to take the saving work of Christ as seriously we ought.

  6. Why Is Preaching Better in a Crisis?

    book
    08/02/20
    15 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    God’s goal in all this is that His call to repentance impacts our lives by turning us to find peace and joy in Christ.

  7. Preaching on Fear

    book
    10/21/18
    16 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    In the last two decades U.S. Americans have given way to fear of many things: economic decline, loss of values, limits on our personal rights, to name a few. Too many of us live with some sense of threat and menace hanging over our heads and haunting our hearts.