A Reformation of Preaching – The Useful Applications of Scripture
The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mayes, a professor at Concordia Theological Seminary has been doing some great work in the name of Lutheran Orthodoxy….
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Why is preaching a big deal? Why this book of sermons?
Foreword from A Year of Law & Gospel Preaching: Postil of Sermons on the One-Year Lectionary by Rev. Rolf Preus Being called to…
Something New
The Athenians said to Paul, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? For you bring some strange things…
Striving for Heavenly Things: An Example of Luther’s Preaching on Sanctification
In a previous post, I described how Dr. Luther recognized St. Paul’s pattern of teaching good works and virtues after the preaching of…
Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 2. Faithfulness
Steadfast Lutherans will soon be publishing a book titled “Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach.” The book will be available as…
The Law and Gospel Matrix
The Law and Gospel Matrix Why not all law and gospel sermons are created equally By Matthew J. Garnett Believe it or not…
Imagine My Surprise
I am a post-Evangelical adult convert to confessional Lutheranism, something I’m content to wear on my sleeve. My journey out of Evangelicalism was…
The Beauty and Danger of Rhetoric
God is good, true, and beautiful. That is so because His attributes are identical with His essence. Quenstedt speaks of this: “The divine…
Some Thoughts on The Third Use of the Law and Preaching by Kurt Marquart
Our preaching needs to serve and communicate the three permanent witnesses on earth, the spirit (or the blessed Gospel words which are spirit…
“The ‘I’ of the Sermon”
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. (2 Corinthians 4: 5) “The…
Preaching, God’s Laxative for Your Heart
Before next Sunday, we will once again celebrate that most significant of events in human history, the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ….
On Fire for Christ!
Sometimes the Lutheran Church is accused of not being very missional. We’re solid when it comes to doctrine—justification by grace through faith alone—but…
…But We Will Devote Ourselves to Prayer and the Ministry of the Word
There’s a ton of confusion in the Church today surrounding the pastoral office. Do we really even need pastors? What is he supposed to…
Diamonds in the Rough: Digging for Homiletical Gems in an Anglican Mine
I recently finished The Foolishness of Preaching: Proclaiming the Gospel against the Wisdom of the World by the late Episcopal priest, Robert Farrar…
Jesus in the Lions’ Den: A Sermon for the Nativity of Our Lord
Our celebration of the Savior’s birth can become so routine that we become numb to the joy—and the horror— of it all. On…
The Godly Kind of Mercy Killing
There’s a ungodly type of mercy killing that receives a great deal of sympathy, if not support, in our world today. Consider the…