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8 mins read|04/10/22Simon carried the cross, but Jesus was carried by the cross to death.
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9 mins read|04/09/22Out there the instincts to protect yourself from embarrassment, ridicule, and rejection can easily overcome you as they did Peter. Our only hope is in Peter’s Lord.
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7 mins read|04/09/22Betrayed. It is a word which chills the soul and sickens the stomach. To be betrayed is to have a friend turn on you, treating you as an enemy.
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11 mins read|04/03/22Passion Week preaching is not simply preaching about the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion but to announce to the world how through this single death, sins are answered for, and God is reconciled with humanity.
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32 mins read|03/13/22Luther recognized that in the penitential psalms, God gives us the words to cry out to Him in our distress, lament our sins, and confess trust in the promise of His righteousness in which alone is our sure and certain hope.
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11 mins read|01/16/22Jesus' cross is for dull shepherds and bright magi. It is for the whole world. It is for you.
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10 mins read|12/14/21Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons is now available through 1517 Publishing
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9 mins read|11/19/21Forgiveness of sins does not come in bits and pieces. There are no levels of forgiveness.
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3 mins read|02/03/21John T. Pless has prepared a midweek Lenten sermon series that will fix our eyes on the saving work of the triune God. Based on Martin Luther’s hymn “Dear Christians One and All Rejoice,” this series will provide preachers an opportunity to proclaim the saving work of God to their hearers throughout the season of Lent.
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4 mins read|01/28/21What 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.
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17 mins read|12/20/20Luther’s Christmas sermons remind us that unless Christ is proclaimed FOR YOU, He is not preached.
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14 mins read|12/06/20Bonhoeffer’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.
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