Preaching
American preaching is having a nervous breakdown according to Thomas Long (xiii). The totality of preaching techniques that we bundle neatly under narrative preaching is tired and worn out. What else can we call pastors ...
Four Branches February 2017
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Pondering the Penitentials (Part 3) When I consider the truth that God forgives all my sins, it fills me with joy and gratitude. So why did ...
A Painfully Beautiful Ongoing Lesson!
Dear Brothers, My life has been a painful and at the same time beautiful 57-year journey into the depths of the depravity of my sinful heart and into the still more astounding depth of God’s ...
Theological Education in Russia
With heavy coats and insulated boots, PSI International Recruitment Director Jon Bare and I traveled to frigid Siberia in January to enjoy the warm fellowship of Concord Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia. Each of us ...
Four Branches January 2017
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Pondering the Penitentials (Part 2) Psalm 38 is a penitential psalm that calls us to remember. But what are we to remember? One intriguing aspect of ...
meet adrian gunn
Mr. Adrian Gunn and his wife, Maureen, are members of Siloah Lutheran Church of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Gunn family includes Matthew and Arianna, both students at UW-Milwaukee and their youngest, Gabrielle, who attends Siloah Lutheran ...
What They Need to Hear
What They Need to Hear is a series of 91 letters that he wrote to his dying father-in-law Lloyd Bingaman during the last 18 months of Lloyd’s life here on earth. Lloyd was a skeptic. ...
The Reason I Came Here Was…
Dear Brothers, Even though John the Baptizer intentionally pointed two of his disciples away from himself and to the Lamb of God, might it still have hurt just a bit as John and Andrew walked ...
Preach the Word – January/February 2017
Volume 20, Number 3 Preach Specific Law as Law You are preachers. So let me ask you: What’s the worst reaction to a sermon you’ve experienced? Is it the councilman standing in the back where ...
The greatest job ever!
About a month ago, on the last Sunday of the church year, I had the privilege of preaching for a mission festival at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Watertown, WI. In the sermon, we marveled ...