TOPIC INDEXReformation Figures (19)

  1. The Ambivalence of Feelings in Lent and Passion Week

    book
    03/15/20
    14 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Can we fully experience the joy of the Festival of the Resurrection if we do not seriously stare boldly into the sad state of our own faithlessness to Him who promises to be faithful even when we are not?

  2. Siegfried Sack’s Homiletics

    book
    01/20/20
    16 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Above all, pastors must aim their preaching at the people God has placed in the care of the pastor rather than airing pious ideas that did not speak to their situations.

  3. Justification as Liberation

    book
    08/26/19
    17 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    This restoration to righteousness that results in our freedom for loving and supporting other people whom God places within our reach takes place, Luther believed, through Christ’s liberating victory over Satan.

  4. Meditating on the Passion (A Forgotten Art: For Preachers and the Entire Congregation)

    book
    03/24/19
    16 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Lenten meditation is the one time Luther might advise us to be turning in on ourselves--and taking a cold, honest glance. For only in the shadow of the Cross can we look honsetly into the cause of the death of the man from Nazareth, the second person of the Trinity.

  5. Johann Gerhard's Homiletics

    book
    01/27/19
    15 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Gerhard's preaching categories ring true of descriptions ring true of the ways in which we attempt to communicate the Gospel in the twenty-first century. His words of advice deserve our attention too.

  6. Every Preacher, A Translator

    book
    08/24/18
    12 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Prechers translate as a calling. Called by God, they are given a message, and for most of their hearers it is to one degree or another a message in a language from afar, with strange concepts, sometimes with a more familiar ring, sometimes with a strange sound.

  7. Melanchthon Nerds

    book
    09/28/16
    2 mins
    By Adam Francisco Scott Keith Caleb Keith Rod Rosenbladt Robert Kolb
    Today you’ll hear the giddy voice of Dr. Keith and the calm demeanor of Dr. Kolb as they go over the details concerning the history, background, and Loci of Philip Melanchthon. If you're even remotely interested in Lutheran theology this is an episode you shouldn’t miss. Sit back, relax, grab a drink, and listen to the show.