Preach the Word – November/December 2019
Volume 23, Number 2 The Blessing of Knowledge I have a sister and a sister-in-law who are both nurses. I love them both dearly, except when they start to talk together about nursing. Then the ...
Preach the Word – September/October 2019
Volume 23, Number 1 Simple Preaching “Preach to the milkmaids, and the doctors will be edified.” When I first heard that comment by Martin Luther, it instantly became one of my favorites. Let’s preach the ...
Preach the Word – July/August 2019
Volume 22, Number 6 Apologetics in Preaching: You have to Do Something with This Jesus Character God or bad man? This ancient dilemma has faced skeptics for centuries. If Jesus is not true God, then ...
Preach the Word – May/June 2019
Volume 22, Number 5 Apologetics in Preaching: Not without Testimony We are not left without testimony (Ac 14:17). This is true in every aspect of life. Imagine waking up to a world without any knowledge ...
Preach the Word – March/April
Volume 22, Number 4 Apologetics in Preaching: Resurrection Apologetics I have to admit, to my great shame, that I had trouble preaching during the Easter season. Easter Sunday was great. Preaching on Doubting Thomas the ...
Preach the Word – January/February
Volume 22, Number 3 Apologetics in Preaching: A Claim on Reality I teach freshman, a lot of freshman. As I become acquainted with the spiritual lives of these brand-new college students, it is apparent that ...
Preach the Word – November/December
Volume 22, Number 2 Apologetics in Preaching: Prophecies Fulfilled in Real History To some apologetics is a dirty word. The obvious objection to apologetics is “What about faith?” This concern is not unique to sola ...
Preach the Word – September/October
Volume 22, Number 1 Apologetics in Preaching: The Cross as Solution to the Problem of Evil A favorite C.F.W. Walther line: “A preacher must be able to preach a sermon on faith without ever using ...
Preach the Word – July/August
Volume 21, Number 6 Luther and the Lectionary “Ah, Luther.” Like an audiophile commenting on Bach, confessional Lutheran pastors utter the name with a sense of awe, respect, and thanksgiving for the life, work, and ...
Preach the Word – May/June
Volume 21, Number 5 Lectionary...je ne sais quoi It is most often heard as a punch line in movies, but the French phrase has its place. Take, for example, its use in in the title ...