Preaching like Cyril on Moses' rescue by Pharaoh's Daughter

David PetersenSeptember 13, 2023Lutheran Preaching, Allegory, Cyril of Alexandria, hermeneutics, Lutheran Hermeneutics, Lutheran Exegesis, Sermon, Sermon writing, Lutheran Sermon Comments

How to Write a Sermon

An efficient method for writing Lutheran sermons.

David PetersenAugust 10, 2023Confessional Lutheran Preaching, Five-fold Use of Scripture, CFW Walther, Johann Gerhard, Sermon writing, Writer's Block, Time Management, Pomodor Technique, Homiletics, Exegesis, Lutheran Exegesis, Pastoral Practice, Lutheran Pastoral Theology, Productivity Comments

A Bibliography to Condemn Screens, Redeem Allegory, and Restore Lutheran Preaching

The essay provide a bibliography that supports and shows why screens are robbing or have already largely destroyed our ability to read deeply, how ancient allegory has not been understand correctly among modern Lutherans, and why the Law/Gospel paradigm for preaching is, by itself, insufficient.

David PetersenMay 13, 2021Law and Gospel, Homeltics, Lutheran Hermeneutics, hermeneutics, Screens, Amusing Ourselves to Death, The medium is the message, Allegory, Lutheran Biblical Interpretation, Preaching, Confessional Lutheran Preaching, Gottesdienst Conference, Communication theory, public speaking, The Writing Process, Sermon writing Comments

Lectionary Preaching defended

David PetersenDecember 15, 2020Lectionary, Hughes Oliphant Old, Preaching, Confessional Lutheran Preaching, History of Preaching, Sermon, Sermon writing, Scripture, hermeneuticsComment

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