A Light of the World
Dear Brothers, As a child, the Olympics fascinated me. With eyes glued to the TV, I loved hearing NBC's Olympic fanfare. But as years passed, I've grown weary of the humanistic pride of the "Olympic ...
Review: Luther’s Works: Prefaces I
Luther’s forty-five prefaces to the works of others, from 1520 to 1532, each with its own scholarly introduction, touch on autobiography, history, exegesis, polemics, and pastoral theology. “Most significantly, the prefaces convey a clear sense ...
Review: How to Preach a Parable
How to Preach a Parable: Designs for Narrative Sermons is a title pregnant with meaning. The title seems to suggest that this book is a how-to-preach-on-parables manual of sorts. However, the book’s title is hinting ...
Review: Ancient Christian Doctrine
If we learn anything from a book like this (and we must) it is that Hermann Sasse had it right: “The church fathers must be read in their entirety” (Letters to Lutheran Pastors, Volume I, ...
Preach the Word – January/February 2014
Volume 17, Number 3. The "Ideal" Sermon How would you define the “ideal” sermon? What are its characteristics? Church Growth authority C. Peter Wagner defined the ideal sermon as follows: “is not intellectual, but emotional; ...