Homiletical Helps
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Proper 15 · Romans 11:1–2a, 13–15, 28–32 · August 20, 2017
Editor’s note: the following homiletical help is taken from David Schmitt’s sermon series “God’s Greater Story: A Sermon Series on Romans 6–14,” which is available for…
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Proper 14 · Romans 10:5–17 · August 13, 2017
Editor’s note: the following homiletical help is taken from David Schmitt’s sermon series “God’s Greater Story: A Sermon Series on Romans 6–14,” which is available for…
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Proper 13 · Romans 9:1–5 (6–13) · August 6, 2017
Editor’s note: the following homiletical help is taken from David Schmitt’s sermon series “God’s Greater Story: A Sermon Series on Romans 6–14,” which is available for…
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Proper 29 • Luke 23:27–43 • November 20, 2016
By Mark A. Seifrid The drama of the text unfolds in three acts. The first act is the way of the cross with Jesus’s word to…
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All Saints’ Day • Matthew 5:1–12 • November 6, 2016
By Joel Elowsky Crowds are always following Jesus looking for something. These crowds come from everywhere, not just the locals, and they’re filled with expectation. He…
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Reformation Day • John 8:31–36 • October 30, 2016
By Travis J. Scholl Commemorating the sixteenth-century events that came to be called the Protestant Reformation is more complicated than it used to be. Triumphalism—a certain…
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Proper 24 • Luke 18:1–8 • October 16, 2016
By Kent Burreson The Persistent Church and the Long-suffering Lord O Spirit, who didst once restore Thy Church that it might be again The bringer…
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Proper 23 • Luke 17:11–19 • October 9, 2016
By Dale A. Meyer This text speaks to our faith within the context of a changed America, a churched nation in our youth but now a…
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Proper 22 • Luke 17:1–10 • October 2, 2016
By Rick Marrs This is a difficult text for Lutherans to hear. We are more comfortable with texts about God’s grace, and being his children…