Preaching is one of the most challenging, enjoyable and dangerous things any pastor will do. The responsibility is tremendous and the world allies with our sinful flesh to make preachers deliver poor sermons and to distract inattentive hearers.
The newly minted pastors leaving the seminary for their first calls have had excellent homiletical training from [...]
I expect to be soaking in the blood of Jesus when the preacher says, “Amen.” That bright red river of life from the cross of Calvary makes the robes of God’s people white like snow. The professors at Concordia Theological Seminary would say that a sermon should be a good exposition of Law [...]
Also tagged , blood, Homily, Jesus, SermonSatan hates call day. He can see the work that is about to be done. He knows of the battles he will face. Christ is glorified and the Father is honored because today men will be called into the Office of the Holy Ministry. These men will stand in the stead [...]
Also tagged Divine Call, Holy Ministry, SeminaryHave you seen the television commercial where the man is lying on a couch pouring his heart out to a psychologist? After a bit the psychologist begins to speak, only he is speaking Italian and the patient doesn’t understand a word of what he is saying. The commercial goes on to say that this makes [...]
Also tagged Communication, God's Word, RelevanceGuilt is more than a feeling. You can be guilty whether you feel it or not. Preachers often think that guilt is a feeling that we are supposed to eradicate. Well, yes and no. A lot of the time, it is our job to make people feel guilty. And that’s a good thing. We comfort [...]
Also tagged crucifixion, Guilt, Justification, Lent, Repentance Here is a link to a sermon preached a couple weeks ago by Rev. Jason Braaten here in Kramer Chapel:
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Sometimes there are those sermons that stick with you. They stand out either because they taught you something, struck your stubborn conscience with God’s law, or soothed an aching heart [...]
Saint Paul once instructed a young pastor, “Devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching” (1 Timothy 4:13 [show]1 Timothy 4:13
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. (ESV)).This apostolic direction is hard to follow today. If someone is to [...]
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