Craft of Preaching

Use the Pulpit, Please

08/23/20

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By John Bombaro

When it comes to the sermon, a Christian congregation should not expect a conversation from a friend or a TED Talk from an expert. Instead, they should anticipate a royal proclamation from the King’s ambassador.
Epistle: Romans 12:9-21 (Pentecost 13: Series A)

08/23/20

1 min read

By John Bombaro

Any note on its own can be perfectly fine. But bring it together with others and they will strike a chord or a discord – harmony or disharmony. It is the same with us.
Epistle: Romans 11:33-12:8 (Pentecost 12: Series A)

08/16/20

1 min read

By John Bombaro

We have been reconciled to the King by the King because of the King so we may be for the King—not when it is convenient and more tasteful and fashionable, but as a bold and confident proclamation.
The Gospel and Thorny Issues: Paul on Christian Freedom in 1 Corinthians 10

08/09/20

1 min read

By John Bombaro

We may never even get the opportunity to eat meat offered to idols, but a lot of things hinge on this test case: Is it permissible to eat the meat offered to idols or not?
Epistle: Romans 11:1-2a, 13-15, 28-32 (Pentecost 11: Series A)

08/09/20

1 min read

By John Bombaro

God’s newly reconstituted Israel occurs in and around Jesus to include both Jew and Gentile, not by ethnic association but by faith and water (baptism) and blood (atonement and Eucharist).

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