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293: Capon - All God Needs to Make a Preacher is a Nobody

02/08/23

7 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Dirt Naps Are For The Living. In this episode, we wrap up our discussion of Robert Capon’s, The Foolishness of Preaching, focusing on preaching forgiveness, insisting that the dead reform their deadness, and the consequences of high anthropology.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

02/08/23

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we tell the story of the first proposed University in the American Colonies and the fate of its Divinity School.
- Christian History
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

02/07/23

11 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we head to tell the story of Frau Ava- the reluctant nun-poetess.
- ARTS AND CULTURE
- Christian History
Monday, February 6, 2023

02/06/23

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we head to the mailbag to answer a follow-up question about the Holy Land in the Middle Ages.
- Christian History
Matthew 5:21-37 – Epiphany 6 (A)

02/06/23

1 min

By John W. Hoyum | Steven Paulson

Continuing with the Sermon on the Mount, this episode of Preaching the Text examines Jesus' teaching of the law. Christ doesn't change the law of Moses or introduce a new law, but teaches the law to his hearers that had been in force since the beginning.
Friday, February 3, 2023

02/03/23

11 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we remember the eccentric mystic Simone Weil.
- Christian History
- Philosophy
Thursday, February 2, 2023

02/02/23

11 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we remember the Yorkminster Fire of 1828.
- English Reformation
- Christian History
292: Capon - Foolishness of Preaching

02/01/23

7 mins

By Christopher Gillespie | Donavon Riley

Your Guilt Is Misplaced. In this episode, we discuss Robert Capon’s book, The Foolishness of Preaching. We focus on Capon’s argument for why death and resurrection must be preached for a sermon to be rightly called a Christian sermon, for it to be a Gospel proclamation, and the consequences for preachers who avoid addressing sin, death, and forgiveness of sins.
- Preaching
- Proclamation
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

02/01/23

13 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we remember Johannes Trithemius and the intersection of theology, astrology, and the occult.
- Heresy
- Christian History
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

01/31/23

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we remember the curious story of America’s first Congressional Chaplain.
Monday, January 30, 2023

01/30/23

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the nation of Israel.
- Christian History
Matthew 5:13-20 – Epiphany 5 (A)

01/30/23

1 min

By John W. Hoyum | Steven Paulson

In today's episode of Preaching the Text we talk again about the distinction between law and gospel.