1. 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.
  2. Today on the show, we remember Johannes Trithemius and the intersection of theology, astrology, and the occult.
  3. Today on the show, we remember the curious story of America’s first Congressional Chaplain.
  4. Today on the show, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the nation of Israel.
  5. In today's episode of Preaching the Text we talk again about the distinction between law and gospel.
  6. Today on the show, we tell the story of Paavo Ruotsalainen and Finnish Christianity.
  7. Today on the show, we remember St. Paula, among the earliest “Desert Mothers.”
  8. Today on the show, we tell the story of the evangelical revival in Russia and Madame Chertkov.
  9. Isn’t That A Daisy? In this episode, we discuss Friedrich Schleiermacher’s Good Friday sermon, focusing on preaching the cross, where to locate sin, what effect the law has on our external works, and why a proclaimer is necessary to get the Gospel.
  10. In this episode of Preaching the Text, we discuss the beatitudes – what Luther once described as the devil's favorite text of scripture to distort.
  11. Today on the show, we head to the mailbag to answer a question about the Moravians.