Preach the Word: It’s Still All About Jesus

Module 2: Introduction

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This module examines the role of the biblical text in sermon preparation and delivery, encouraging preachers to reflect on their use of the text in all aspects of their homiletical task. The Rev. Dr. Dean Nadasdy teaches textual preaching with this operating principle: Textual preaching engages a biblical text to the extent that the text itself drives the preparation, structure, content and texture of the sermon.

Module 4: Introduction

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God's Word works in people's lives. Application is bringing the Word of God and the listeners together. Learn how to examine a text to see the application intended in the text for your hearers. In this Preach the Word module, learn and practice the art of application. Preaching is serious business. Preaching is difficult. Here's help.

Module 5: Introduction

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The ability to spread a message worldwide is changing and growing daily. Many of these options are simple and free, thanks to new technologies and platforms. How can we leverage these new tools to enhance our task of preaching?

Module 6: Introduction

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This module will discuss how preachers can emphasize the central reality that God is present and forgives sins through His Word in specific places according to His promises. Pastor David Petersen guides participants to incorporate the Sacraments in preaching in exegetically and doctrinally sound ways, without falling into clichés, predictable patterns and tired phrases.

Module 7: Introduction

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The Rev. Dr. Reed Lessing emphasizes both Baptism and life, since God links them together. Luther says that Baptism provides enough for a Christian to study every day. Baptism is a daily reality for each Christian, who lives out the reality of God’s gifts received in Baptism.

Module 8: Introduction

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The right distinction of Law and Gospel is fundamental to the preaching of God’s Word. But if this core message is the same every week, how can preachers avoid falling into a “rut” in their preaching, falling into a repetitiveness that may cause hearers to “tune out”? In this module, the Rev. Dr. Steven Mueller teaches an approach to preaching Law and Gospel in fresh ways each week, by anchoring that proclamation in the themes, metaphors and images of the text.