TOPIC INDEXPreaching (45)

  1. 317: Löhe - Pastoral Care of the Sick

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    08/08/23
    10 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Spiritual War, What Is It Good For? In this episode, we discuss pastoral care to the healthy and sick and spiritual warfare while reading Wilhelm Loehe’s book, The Pastor.

  2. How Jesus Fortifies Us Against False Prophets

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    08/01/23
    12 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    In the tumultuous sea of information, opinions, and ideologies that break over us each day, we hold fast to the anchor of our faith—Jesus, the true prophet.

  3. What Use is a Pastor?

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    07/26/23
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    A pastor is sent to proclaim the unconditional grace of God, reminding us again and again that it is our Heavenly Father who reaches out to us in love through his Christ-won forgiveness, and not the other way around.

  4. 312: Paulson - Preaching Categorically to Bound Wills

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    06/16/23
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    A Total Eclipse of The Heart. In this episode, we discuss preaching to bound wills, and the consequences for both preachers and listeners, as we read Steven Paulson’s essay, Preaching Categorically to Bound Wills.

  5. 311: Forde - Proclamation is the Present Tense of the Gospel

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    06/09/23
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    In this episode, we discuss the good and bad of preaching, the difference between proclamation and teaching, how we lie to ourselves about God, and how to “preach the text” so that Christ is delivered “for you” for the forgiveness of sin.

  6. 308: Augustine - On Christian Teaching

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    05/20/23
    6 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Walk Like An Augustinian. In this episode, we discuss preaching while reading Augustine’s, On Christian Teaching, where he explains the importance of heavenly wisdom, eloquence, and getting out of the way of God’s Word.

  7. Why We Need Preachers

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    05/15/23
    11 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.

  8. Forgiven Sinners in Full Bloom

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    03/29/23
    13 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.

  9. 297: Norman Nagel - A Lenten Sermon

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    03/08/23
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Red, Red Wine… In this episode, we discuss Norman Nagel’s Lenten sermon on Jesus’ parable of the vineyard workers, focusing on the gift-giving God and what interferes with Jesus being a gift for us.

  10. 294: Paulson - Trying to Believe in Double Predestination

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    02/15/23
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley Steven Paulson
    Predestination Is Sick! In this episode, we discuss Steven Paulson’s book, The Outlaw God, focusing our conversation on double presentation, preaching God’s electing promise to sinners, and the consequences of worshipping a philosophical-material god. What are the consequences for people who don’t have a preacher of God’s promise? What does God’s promise have to say to those who believe all people will go to heaven when they die? What are the consequences for sinners when they try to know God apart from the promise?

  11. 293: Capon - All God Needs to Make a Preacher is a Nobody

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    02/08/23
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Dirt Naps Are For The Living. In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of Robert Capon’s, The Foolishness of Preaching, focusing on preaching forgiveness, insisting that the dead reform their deadness, and the consequences of high anthropology.

  12. 292: Capon - Foolishness of Preaching

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    02/01/23
    7 mins
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Your Guilt Is Misplaced. In this episode, we discuss Robert Capon’s book, The Foolishness of Preaching. We focus on Capon’s argument for why death and resurrection must be preached for a sermon to be rightly called a Christian sermon, for it to be a Gospel proclamation, and the consequences for preachers who avoid addressing sin, death, and forgiveness of sins.
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