Craft of Preaching

Helmut Thielicke: A Preacher in an Age of Fear: Part Two – Preaching the Parables

07/27/24

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By John T. Pless

It might be said of Thielicke’s preaching of the parables, he does not throw sticks of dynamite, but sets little time bombs which explode, sometimes in unexpected ways, in the minds and hearts of those who hear him.
Helmut Thielicke: A Preacher in an Age of Fear, Part One

07/20/24

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By John T. Pless

Helmut Thielicke had lived on the borderline between life and death enduring a life-threatening illness in his youth and confronting the perpetually present carnage of World War Two. He ministered to a skeptical generation that teetered on the borderline between faith and unbelief.
Preaching the Parables: A Review of Proclaiming the Parables by Thomas Long

06/22/24

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By John T. Pless

Long does not see the parables as riddles to be explained, but truth of God’s Kingdom to be proclaimed.
A Commentary for Preachers of the Cross

06/08/24

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By John T. Pless

There are some commentaries preachers ought not be without. One of those is Mark Seifrid's commentary on 2 Corinthians!
Preaching the Resurrection of the Body in the Face of Post-Human Alternatives: Homiletical Thoughts on 1 Corinthians 15

04/27/24

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By John T. Pless

As Christians, we are given another future. It is not a posthuman epic, but a future given us in the resurrection of the One who is both God and man from the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ.

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