Preaching (128)
  1. A multi-day workshop for pastors to hone the Craft of Preaching
  2. From the beginning of the biblical narrative to the end, God is a God of conversation and community. He speaks and He gathers. That is what God does. That is who God is.
  3. As good as it is to follow the example Jesus, it is even better to listen to the words of Jesus.
  4. Jesus does search out people who have been beaten up by sin and He does rescue them from certain death.
  5. Jesus sends all His people, according to their various vocations, to proclaim His praises and to bring comfort and forgiveness to the people around them.
  6. Already on Easter evening, ten of the eleven were back together. Eight days later, Thomas had rejoined them. His “not with them” turned once again to being “with them.”
  7. These others do not get much attention. We do not know their names. We do not know their back stories. But they were there on Easter morning, and Luke wants his readers to know it.
  8. The will of God may be perfect, but it is not always pleasant.
  9. God remains recklessly, wastefully, even foolishly generous with us. And through us, He is reaching out in the same way to all His human creatures.
  10. He received his father’s love, forgiveness, and celebration. But was he ever tempted to wander again?
  11. Jesus leaves us hanging. Does the tree improve? Does the owner of the vineyard even grant the vinedresser another year? Or does the tree finally get the ax?
  12. Jesus' course led from death into life, as He had promised. And He promises to lead us on that same course from death to life, from lament to joy.
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