TOPIC INDEXReformation Doctrine (20)

  1. Epistle: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 (Epiphany 2: Series B)

    book
    01/10/21
    20 mins
    By John Bombaro
    What does being free from sin, which is obviously a good thing, have to do with being free from the Law, which sounds dangerous?

  2. God's Unmasked Face

    book
    01/04/21
    19 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The church does well to remind the world that God is unmasked, indeed, that God has unmasked himself in the person of Jesus.

  3. Holy Cross Day

    book
    09/06/20
    15 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Our forefathers dedicated Holy Cross Day to jolt the Church into remembrance that Christianity is not principally about ethics.

  4. Epistles: Romans 13:1-10 (Pentecost 14: Series A)

    book
    08/30/20
    18 mins
    By John Bombaro
    No good will come to the cause of the Gospel by followers of Jesus being regarded as crazy dissidents who will not cooperate with the most basic social mechanisms.

  5. Our Our Testimonies Are Not Sermons

    book
    07/19/20
    22 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Our stories, be they ever so inspiring or worthy of emulation, should never be equated with proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Gospel Jesus Christ commissioned to be proclaimed.

  6. Cliché Preaching

    book
    05/17/20
    18 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Cliché preaching may be symptomatic of shallow, consumerist culture, perpetuating a problem rather than the solution.

  7. Salvation by Microsoft

    book
    10/13/19
    31 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Are people so different today? Is justification really irrelevant now? Is the preacher’s only point of contact with the life-giving Gospel a by-product of Microsoft’s word processor? I do not think so.

  8. The "External Word" Is the Authoritative Word of God, Too

    book
    02/03/19
    26 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The preached word ensured the work of the Holy Spirit, so long as it was the written word of the Gospel. Gospel preaching was the one domain in which we could be assured of the convicting, saving, and sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit.