John T. Pless

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Mankind - Not God - Needs Demythologizing: In the Ring with John Pless

What does it look like to preach while the world is ending? Ringside Preachers,

01/28/21
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Vocation? Can you tell me more?

Professor and author John Pless extends his time with Craig and Troy as we go

08/14/20
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Vocation? What's that?

Professor and author John Pless joins Craig and Troy to discuss what God calls

08/07/20

Confession and Absolution

This is an excerpt from “Confession and Absolution” by John T. Pless in Common Places in Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly, edited by Mark Mattes, (1517 Publishing 2023).

Book Review: Justification Is for Preaching

While they speak on various aspects of the preaching task, these essays share a unity in their authors’ commitment to the fact that the preaching of Jesus Christ is not simply motivational, informational, or inspirational; it is the delivery of God’s promise into the ears of those who if left to themselves are deaf to the Creator’s voice.

Christmas from Below

Christmas wrecks all attempts to penetrate God’s hiddenness and seek Him out in Heaven. He comes to us clothed in our humanity.

Book Review: Accidental Preacher: A Memoir by Will Willimon

Willimon is living testimony that there is plenty of humor as well as pathos in being a pastor. This rambunctious Methodist preacher adds ample spice to the homiletical stew he doles out.

It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas: Revisiting Martin Luther’s Christmas Book

A little time spent with this book might well prompt your imagination and stimulate meditation on the story of Christmas.

Preaching Advent: Some Insights from Hermann Sasse

Advent is something of a liturgical speed bump that slows us down lest we rush to Christmas but forget that the baby born in Bethlehem will return with glory and power to judge the living and the dead.

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Here We Still Stand 2022

Consciences Captive to the Word of God

Pastor Craft

$22.95

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