Comments on: Preaching the Sunday

By: Christopher Esget

Christopher Esget — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:22:26 +0000

Pastor Petersen highlighted this comment in a post located here: http://redeemer-fortwayne.org/blog.php?msg=11127

By: Christopher Esget

Christopher Esget — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:22:26 +0000

Pastor Petersen highlighted this comment in a post located here: http://redeemer-fortwayne.org/blog.php?msg=11127

By: Christopher Esget

Christopher Esget — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:21:23 +0000

There is an interesting continuation of this discussion at, fittingly, Pastor Petersen's blog: http://redeemer-fortwayne.org/blog.php?msg=11127

By: wcwirla

wcwirla — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:57:22 +0000

Text and context are always interconnected in preaching. Context will bring different things to light in a text, which is always multi-faceted. Consider the Gospel for Palm Sunday and the 1st Sunday in Advent. Same text, radically different contexts, very different sermons (hopefully!). There are different contexts too: church calendar, canon, cultural, congregational.

This is why sermons tend to have an expiration date and are good only at certain specified locations.

By: Petersen

Petersen — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:43:34 +0000

Excellent! Thank you.

By: ptmccain

ptmccain — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:04:08 +0000

As a hearer of the Word, I appreciate when the pastor preaches on the text closely, while being aware of the Sunday in the Church Year. I would not be much impressed if I felt that the lectionary readings were merely pretext for some other agenda, no matter what it is: liturgical, or otherwise. I think what troubles me more about some Lutheran preaching these days are the sermons that are 8-10 minutes long, quite formulaic, and kind of rote, with the obligatory discussion about the Lord's Supper at the end.

By: Rev. Olson

Rev. Olson — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:13:04 +0000

Or, you could base your sermons on David Luecke's suggestions…

http://www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/...

By: Rev. Olson

Rev. Olson — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:36:12 +0000

http://www.ctsfw.edu/academics/faculty/pless/Chur...

By: Mason Beecroft

Mason Beecroft — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:19:52 +0000

Borrowed heavily? Now that is the best construction possible for plagiarism!

By: Richard Townes, III

Richard Townes, III — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:53:49 +0000

I admire your desire to improve your preaching. That is commendable and inspiring! For what it is worth, I think there is a great deal of comfort that comes from knowing the style, and form of my pastor's preaching. The church knows the voice of our Lord. On an earthly level, a church knows the voice of its under-shepherd. This does not excuse laziness on the parts of the congregant or pastor, but it aids in understanding the content of what the pastor is preaching. From a performer's perspective, sometimes the standard musical devices speak to a crowd more than the newest artsy-strepitusy (I couldn't resist ) interpretation. Just a thought….