Preaching The Text
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The Reform of Preaching
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Preaching The Text examines the weekly Bible Readings from the three-year lectionary. Dr. Steven Paulson and pastor John Hoyum present these Scripture readings with a particular emphasis on how the Gospel is proclaimed and heard in weekly preaching.
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- The Reform of Preaching · 56 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the Reformation as a movement focused on the reform, not of the church, but of preaching. The church…
- Parables · 1 h 1 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss parables. Parables present a tricky obstacle to most preachers because of the temptation to present…
- The Preaching Office in Matthew's Gospel · 35 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson take up some of the topics that appear during the Season of Pentecost in Year A's selections from Matthew's…
- Matthew's Gospel: Use and Abuse · 43 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the Gospel of Matthew, the main focus of Year A in the three year lectionary. They take up some of the…
- What is a Sermon? Stories from a Life of Preaching · 58 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson pull out some stories of preaching to illustrate an important point: what is a sermon? There are many bad…
- Preaching the Catechism in Lent: Commandments & Creed · 59 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss how to preach the Catechism during the season of Lent. This traditional practice for Lutherans is an…
- Preaching Ash Wednesday · 1 h 4 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss preaching on Ash Wednesday. The normal temptation with preaching Ash Wednesday is to focus on…
- Luke 23:27-43 – Christ the King · 48 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson take up Christ the King Sunday texts. Here, they try to speak of Christ's true kingship as the sovereign of a…
- Luke 21:5-36 – Pentecost 23 (C) · 46 minOn this episode, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson talk about the end of times according to Jesus in the gospel of Luke. Much of the problem with the end times revolves around the…
- Luke 20:27-40 – Pentecost 22 (C) · 39 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the question of marriage and the resurrection. The Saduccees are skeptics of the resurrection, but…
- Luke 19:1-10 – All Saints (C) · 41 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson suggest taking the readings for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost to preach All Saints. They go through…
- John 8:31-36 – Reformation (C) · 38 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the texts for Reformation Sunday. Specifically, they focus on Christ's words about freedom from John…
- Luke 18:1-18 – Pentecost 19 (C) · 52 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the nature of prayer in connection to the parable of the unjust judge. Here we see what it means to…
- Luke 17:11-19 – Pentecost 18 (C) · 48 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss Luke's account of Christ's healing of the ten lepers. Jesus directs the ten to go and show themselves…
- Luke 17:1-10 – Pentecost 17 (C) · 1 h 1 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the parable of the unworthy servants. Given this text's place in the history of theology and in the…
- Luke 16:19-31 – Pentecost 16 (C) · 49 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the difference between heaven and hell. To our common imagination, heaven is a good place for good…
- Luke 16:1-15 – Pentecost 15 (C) · 38 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the parable of the dishonest manager in Luke's gospel, which they rename it as the parable of the…
- Luke 15:1-10 – Pentecost 14 (C) · 48 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss Luke's parable of the Lost Sheep. With the shepherd who seeks out the one lost sheep, leaving the…
- Luke 14:25-35 – Pentecost 13 (C) · 52 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss taking up one's cross, hating father and mother, and being a disciple of Christ. What we find in…
- Luke 14:1-14 – Pentecost 12 (C) · 52 minOn this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss the way of humility, and the false theories about how to become humble. Though we often are tempted to…
