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 ...
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 ...
The Glory of God’s Gracious Love for Us…in Small Things!
Dear Brothers, If the goal of Jesus’ first miracle was to create some buzz, then Jesus should have fired his publicist. The location of the miracle was in a town so small that John feels ...
Preach the Word – January/February 2014
Volume 17, Number 3. The "Ideal" Sermon How would you define the “ideal” sermon? What are its characteristics? Church Growth authority C. Peter Wagner defined the ideal sermon as follows: “is not intellectual, but emotional; ...
Preach the Word – July/August 2010
Volume 13, Number 6 The Sermon in Worship: Liturgical Preaching The sermon rarely stands alone in Lutheran Worship. On a typical Sunday or festival, we preach in a defined context and as part of a ...
Preach the Word – January/February 2009
Volume 12, Number 3 Preaching in a Mission Setting Pastor Merton contrasts serving a congregation with a thousand communicant members to service in a mission congregation with twelve communicants meeting in a classroom. Read More ...
Preach the Word – January/February 2007
Volume 10, Number 3 Pastor Daron Lindemann reminds us not only to study our text, but to study our listeners. Sermon helps are listed for The Baptism of Our Lord, Epiphany 1-5, Transfiguration, Ash Wednesday, ...
Preach the Word – January/February 2002
Volume 5, Number 3 Read More Appropriation Our desire to get quickly and heavily to application, perhaps at the expense of appropriation, reveals in part how the opinio legis works. Read More Festival Preaching Good ...
Preach the Word – November/December 2001
Volume 5, Number 2 Read More Precision With the bloody mess that sharp Law preaching leaves behind, the preacher must be equally precise with the resuscitation of the Good News. Read More Why Guest Preach ...
Preach the Word – January/February 2000
Volume 3, Number 3 Read More What One Year of Preaching Taught Me Reflections of a first year preacher in the ministry. What does it mean to "Preach the text?" Where are the best illustrations? ...