Sailing with Christ
Lately I’ve been on a Johann Gerhard reading binge. A few weeks back in Ft Wayne I picked up volume 2 of Gerhard’s “Postilla” and have been thoroughly enjoying his sermons.
Here’s a brief selection from Gerhard’s sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity on Luke 5:1-11 (Jesus preaching to the crowd from the boat and [...]
Fourth Sunday in Advent
The Fourth Sunday in Advent, especially if we are in Series B of the lectionary, is a Sunday that has special memories for me. Nine years ago my dad was planning to preach a sermon on the Gospel text Luke 1:26-38. But God had different plans for him on that Fourth Sunday in Advent. God [...]
Christ (or lack thereof) in the Sermon
If your church uses the 3-year lectionary from Lutheran Service Book, you heard the gospel lesson from Matthew 13 which began “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.” Alas, sometimes the treasure is so hidden that it doesn’t even really make it into the sermon.
If you are a frequent listener of [...]
The Hammer of God – The Pastoral Attitude
In my previous post I shared a snippet of the Hammer of God related to the communion liturgy. In the first novella we find a pastor who is maturing in his vocation. Savonius begins as a reluctant academic, but eventually ends with a better understanding of Law and Gospel and how he applies/preaches this to [...]
Soaked in Christ’s Blood
Over at Concordia TheoBLOGical Seminary, Rev. Cholak writes a vivid post on pastors soaking their flock with Christ’s blood as they preach Christ and the forgiveness of sins. It is well worth the read. He reminds us that God uses his servants to speak to us and that pastors should be preaching Christ [...]
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