Four Branches May – 2019

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical   Exegetical Theology: The Heap of Hope - Romans 5:1-5 Life’s pains are like squeaky wheels demanding attention and management. Unless we deal with suffering in our lives, we ...

Preach the Word – May/June 2019

Volume 22, Number 5 Apologetics in Preaching: Not without Testimony We are not left without testimony (Ac 14:17). This is true in every aspect of life. Imagine waking up to a world without any knowledge ...

I Am Not Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare

Rev. Dr. Robert Bennett is devoted to studying Malagasy culture and the Malagasy Lutheran Church. He is pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Reese, Michigan and Adjunct Professor at Concordia, Fort Wayne. Malagasy means “inhabitants ...

Perfectly Protected Sheep

It just doesn’t seem fair at all to my enemies.  (Not that I really want to play fair with them anyway!)  What chance do my enemies have, really, when the morning  begins by being wrapped ...

PSI Report on Santa Clara

Rev. Joon Ho Chung was received into WELS as a pastor through the colloquy process. The Pastoral Studies Institute of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary helped to prepare Rev. Chung for his successful colloquy into the Arizona/California ...

Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

Tim Keller is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in New York City, NY.  In 2017, he stepped down from his position as senior pastor in order to focus on mentoring the next ...

Four Branches April – 2019

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical   Exegetical Theology: Stay Close to This – The Near Demonstrative in Acts 13:15-39 The Spirit opens your mouth to declare the wonderful story of “Love divine, all love ...

Rewiring Your Preaching: How the Brain Processes Sermons

Richard H. Cox (M.D., Ph.D., D.Min.) is president emeritus of Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri, and teaches in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences as Duke University Medical School. The author ...

Four Branches March – 2019

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: The Cross as Metonymy in 1 Corinthians 1:18 The Second Lesson for Lent 4 features a particularly potent use of metonymy. The entire section of 1 Corinthians ...