Thoughts on Preaching at the End of the Church Year

The time is always near. The world rages on and in it you have tribulation, it is true. But the One who is standing at the gate has conquered.

John T. Pless

Preaching in the Twilight of the Church Year

That is the task of preaching in these last weeks of the Church Year, to enable the people given to our care, to praise God from the perspective of the end when our Lord will return in glory bringing us into His Kingdom of glory.

John T. Pless

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Helps For This Sunday

Old Testament

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
21 mins read | 11/15/26

Old Testamen: Zephaniah 1:7-16 (Pentecost 25: Series A)

In Zephaniah, God would fight against sin and sinners on a “day of wrath” which we call the Day of the Lord, but He would...

Epistle

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
17 mins read | 11/15/26

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (Pentecost 25: Series A)

Christ is the crisis-point of salvation and judgment for the entire world, and for your hearer this week.

Gospel

Paul Koch Paul Koch
10 mins read | 11/15/26

Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30 (Pentecost 25: Series A)

Your proclamation must not be about their performance but about the one thing that truly matters: Christ alone is their...

Videos For This Sunday

Old Testament

Adam Stetson Adam Stetson
1 min read | 11/15/26

The Day of the Lord!

Old Testament: Zephaniah 1:7-16 (Pentecost 25: Series A)

Epistle

Dan Chrismer Dan Chrismer
1 min read | 11/15/26

Build Up One Another!

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (Pentecost 25: Series A)

Gospel

Paul Koch Paul Koch
1 min read | 11/15/26

The Joy of the Master!

Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30 (Pentecost 25:14-30 (Pentecost 25: Series A)

Helps For Next Sunday

Old Testament

Old Testament: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 (Last Sunday: Series A)

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
19 mins read | 11/22/26
The people Christ identifies with Himself, and the object of His mercy are the people who are hungry, thirsty, naked, and a...

Epistle

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 (Last Sunday: Series A)

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
21 mins read | 11/22/26
See in Christ’s resurrection the end of death and the promise of your death ending with a wake-up to new life.

Gospel

Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46 (Last Sunday: Series A)

Paul Koch Paul Koch
15 mins read | 11/22/26
What unfolds is that judgment on the Last Day will have people divided based on how they have received His disciples, those...

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