Jeffrey A. Gibbs
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ICYMI: Preaching Matthew (Part 2)
David Schmitt, Jeff Gibbs, and Ron Rall discuss preaching Matthew. Part two of two.
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ICYMI: Preaching Matthew (Part 1)
David Schmitt, Jeff Gibbs, and Ron Rall form a Preachers Roundtable on preaching Matthew. Part one of two.
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NEW LENTEN SERMON SERIES NOW AVAILABLE
The familiar words of the Patriarch Joseph, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good” (Genesis 50:20 ESV) capture…
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Easter 5 • John 16:12–22 • April 24, 2016
By Jeff Gibbs This lection from John 16 shows how important it is to first interpret what a text meant before one can take in…
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Proper 11 • Ephesians 2:11–22 • July 19, 2015
By Jeff Gibbs I say to my students with some regularity, “Careful exegesis often makes the text harder to preach.” What I mean, of course, is that…
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Advent 3 • 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24 • December 14, 2014
By Jeff Gibbs It would be tempting to regard this text, a series of short imperative clauses, as a random series of “inspired one-liners” that exhort…
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Advent 3 • Isaiah 35:1–10 • December 15, 2013
Editor’s Note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, October 1998. By Jeffrey A. Gibbs Textual observations: The historical situation at the time…
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Proper 13 • Colossians 3:1–13 • August 4, 2013
By Jeff Gibbs Colossians 3:1–13 divides neatly into two sections. The first (vv. 1–4) calls believers to focus their attention on Christ, in relation both…
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Proper 24 • Ecclesiastes 5:10–20 (Mt 5:9–19) • October 21, 2012
By Jeffrey Gibbs Textual Notes (using English Bible versification) One of the challenging issues in translation occurs in verse 10, the first verse of the…