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11 mins read|01/16/22Jesus' cross is for dull shepherds and bright magi. It is for the whole world. It is for you.
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21 mins read|12/14/21Lutheran theology begins not with God in His terrifying majesty but with God in the flesh, God crucified for sinners. Advent is about this trajectory.
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24 mins read|12/14/21The Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles to put God’s Word into human language has guided and guarded their transmission in the course of human history preserving them for the sake of the Gospel.
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10 mins read|12/14/21Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons is now available through 1517 Publishing
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9 mins read|11/19/21Forgiveness of sins does not come in bits and pieces. There are no levels of forgiveness.
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3 mins read|02/03/21John T. Pless has prepared a midweek Lenten sermon series that will fix our eyes on the saving work of the triune God. Based on Martin Luther’s hymn “Dear Christians One and All Rejoice,” this series will provide preachers an opportunity to proclaim the saving work of God to their hearers throughout the season of Lent.
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4 mins read|01/28/21What does it look like to preach while the world is ending? Ringside Preachers, Craft of Preaching, and John Pless from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne tackle this topic from a practical and historical viewpoint after eating fried chicken livers, of course.
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17 mins read|12/20/20Luther’s Christmas sermons remind us that unless Christ is proclaimed FOR YOU, He is not preached.
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14 mins read|12/06/20Bonhoeffer’s Advent preaching was carried out under the dark shadow of war yet within that night the word of promise sounds forth with radiant clarity. There is much in his preaching to inspire, deepen, and sharpen our proclamation in Advent 2020.
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11 mins read|11/29/20John is not the Light; he is the servant sent to bear witness to the light.
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17 mins read|11/22/20Advent is something of a liturgical speed bump that slows us down lest we rush to Christmas but forget that the baby born in Bethlehem will return with glory and power to judge the living and the dead.
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12 mins read|10/29/20We give thanks to the Lord for His victory over death and the grave both for those who are now with Him in glory and for ourselves even as we press forward in faithfulness awaiting the Day when our eyes will see Him.
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