TOPIC INDEXReformation Figures (6)

  1. Epistle: Romans 3:19-28 (Reformation Sunday: Series C)

    book
    10/23/22
    20 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The phrase “works of the law” has an antithesis when it comes to righteousness—faith. What keeping the Law could not do, the gift of faith does.

  2. When Sermon Meets Sacrament

    book
    01/08/22
    19 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Christ is present in the pure preaching of the gospel. And if Christ is present, then we have entered into the domain of the sacraments.

  3. The Annunciation and Proclamation: A Reflection on the Virgin and Virginity

    book
    03/21/21
    29 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Undue Protestant antipathies toward Mary have muted not only her place in redemption history and its necessary connection to Christology, but also the virtue of virginity.

  4. Authentic Proclamation: How Good Pastoring Factors into Good Preaching

    book
    09/27/20
    13 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Nothing promotes good preaching quite like actually knowing the Word of Truth and delivering it from a disposition of passionate care, commitment through the long-haul, and life spent together with the people of God.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.