Posts tagged Homeltics

Book Review: Telling People What to Think by Heath Curtis

David PetersenJune 18, 2024Lutheran Homiletics, Homeltics, Preaching, Lutheran Preaching, Confessional Lutheran Preaching, Heath Curtis Comments

Laughter during the Sermon

Some Lutheran thoughts about humor in sermons, the intimacy between believers and the apostles, and a sermon on John 21.

David PetersenApril 4, 2024Humor, Humor in the Bible, St. John the braggart, St. Peter the impetuous, Easter, Easter preaching, Homeltics, Lutheran Homiletics, 153 fish 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

Absorbing the History of Preaching through Imitation

David PetersenMay 26, 2019Preaching, Homeltics, Continuing Education, Predigamt, Sermon, Tradition, Rhetoric, GottesdienstComment

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