Preach the Word – March/April 2015
Volume 18, Number 4. Here Pastor Tom Westra explains how telling stories can enhance our telling of The Story. What's Your Story? In the retelling of The Story, you are swept into it, and in ...
Preach the Word – November/December 2012
Volume 16, Number 2 Welcome back! Because of your encouragement, we will continue with the format of having three brothers with different perspectives. The three men in this second issue, different brothers from the first ...
Preach the Word – July/August 2009
Volume 12, Number 6 A Funny Thing Happen on the Way to Church: The Use of Humor in the Pulpit Many feel that humor has a place in Christian sermons. Others would caution that humor ...
Preach the Word – March/April 2003
Volume 6, Number 4 Read More Looking for Good Illustrations? Gary Smalley and John Trent in The Language of Love cite four “wells” that we can use as sources of original illustrations. While their book ...
Preach the Word – May/June 2002
Volume 5, Number 5 Read More Repetition Repetition without reflection can turn quickly into “same old, same old.” Nonetheless, from a rhetorical point of view, repetition is still the mother of learning. Repetition can aide ...
Preach the Word – January/February 2001
Volume 4, Number 3 Read More When There Is No Gospel Every sermon should proclaim specific Gospel.” This is a basic homiletical principle that is not much debated among preachers in WELS. The problem is ...