Search Results on David J Lose

Preaching with a Layperson

David Lower | Working Preacher

David Lower discusses advantages of occasional collaborative preaching, where a layperson shares with the ordained preacher in every stage of sermon preparation and delivery. Lower also offers suggestions for effective collaboration.

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Covenant, Laity, Partnership, Preaching

Preaching Stewardship: Confessions of a Convert

David J Lose | Working Preacher

Article about Preaching

David Lose reflects on his journey from being reluctant to preach about stewardship of money, to being enthusiastic about it. He shares his discoveries of what helps, including that "people want to talk about this stuff!"

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Money, Stewardship, Generosity, Pastoral Leadership

Life, Death, and the Task of Preaching

David J Lose | Working Preacher

Article about Preaching

David Lose reflects on why preaching matters. By preaching the Christian story, we invite our hearers into it so that it becomes their story, and the promises of that story are heard and believed.

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Death, Faith, Hope, Preaching

Bonhoeffer on Preaching (Part 1)

David J Lose | Working Preacher

Article about Preaching

In this first part of a series on preaching, David Lose considers Bonhoeffer's insistence on Christian preachers being dependent witnesses, his Christocentric hermeneutic, and his emphasis on Scripture finding its primary expression in preaching.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Preaching

Bonhoeffer on Preaching (Part 3)

David J Lose | Working Preacher

Article about Preaching

In this third part of a series on preaching, David Lose considers Bonhoeffer's insistence that Christian preaching should be not religious but worldly, responding to the need of the world in light of the biblical witness.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Preaching, World

The Interactive Sermon II: Web 2.0

David J Lose | Day1

Article about Preaching

David Lose advocates the idea of an "interactive sermon" which helps listeners "make sense of the biblical story in light of their immediate context."

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Preaching, Identity, Social Media, Technology

What Do We Want from the Sermon

David J Lose | In the Meantime

Article about Preaching

David Lose reflects on what people want from a sermon: Our congregants want the sermon to help them to think deeply, to live differently. And they want to be participants in the process, not mere spectators.

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Preaching, Life, Change

Narrative Identity in Postmodern Preaching

David J Lose | Faith and Leadership

Article about Church Life and Leadership

David Lose challenges churches to be a “place where people heard God’s story told, sung, and taught such that they could imagine themselves taking their place in that story.” This will shape identity and purpose.

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Preaching, Identity, Truth, Story

What Time Is It?

Alyce M McKenzie | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

Article about Preaching

In this article, Alyce McKenzie takes the cultural 'temperature' and reflects on its implications for preaching and teaching preaching, what needs to be let go and what needs to be seized.

Psalm 100:3

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Culture, Homiletics, Postmodernism, Preaching

Living Water, Living Story

David J Lose | Working Preacher

Article about Preaching

Acknowledging that by and large most church-going people don’t know the Bible, David Lose encourages preachers to allow for space within the worship service for people to talk about the sermon passage with one another.

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Education, Bible, Preaching

Preaching the Story

David J Lose | In the Meantime

Article about Preaching

David Lose describes the heart of preaching as an invitation to tell the Christian story, from creation to new creation, but also as small stories that help us to make sense of our lives.

John 4:5-42

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Preaching, Imagination

Search Results for "David J Lose" on Hymnary.org

The Moon And Stars Shall Lose Their LightPD
As comes the breath of springPD
Come, Let Our Voices Join to RaisePD
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Preaching on Mental Illness

David J Lose | Day1

Article about Preaching

In this article, David Lose argues that speaking regularly about mental illness in a sermon could provide encouragement to those suffering by normalizing mental illness and addressing faith to the challenging parts of life.

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Healing, Suffering, Preaching, Mental Health

Does Your Sermon Bleed?

David J Lose | Day1

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

In this devotional, David Lose argues that to preach effectively, a sermon must tell both the truth of our human lives and the truth of God's Word.

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Ministry, Preaching, Truth, Devotion

Preaching Mark

David Lewis | Concordia Theology

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

"Mark should be read, interpreted, and preached first as a narrative in its own right." David Lewis offers guidance for preaching the gospel of Mark.

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Mark (book), Preaching

Law, Gospel, and Participatory Preaching

David J Lose | In the Meantime

Article about Preaching

Reflecting on preaching, David Lose wonders if the law and gospel category can capture everything about the Christian life. God makes and keeps the promise. But we’re invited to hear and live into it more fully.

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Preaching, Law, Gospel

His Counseling

Robert J McCracken | Princeton Theological Commons

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

This recording of "The Minister at Work" is lecture 3 of 4 by Robert J. McCracken at the Institute of Theology Series. It addresses the various responsibilities of faithful preaching and the role of a pastor.

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Preaching, Calling/vocation, Ministry, Pastor

Reclaiming the Great Commission

David J Lose | Working Preacher

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

In this sermon starter for Matthew 28:16-20, David Lose casts a compelling vision of preaching as a space wherein preachers rehearse and model the skills necessary for their congregations to live out the Great Commission.

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Evangelism, Guilt, Discipleship, Preaching

The Tongue of a Teacher

Frederick Buechner | Concordia Theology

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

Travis J. Scholl's sermon starter on Isaiah 50:4-10 reflects on preaching in the light of God's giving the tongue to "sustain the weary with a word."

Matthew 28:16-20

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Tongues, Preaching, Holy Spirit

The “Middle Zone” of Preaching

David J Lose | In the Meantime

Article about Preaching

David Lose urges preachers to help people see how the ancient stories offer a lens, a perspective, that helps us make sense of some of the ordinary and mundane things that make up most of life.

Isaiah 50:4-10

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Preaching, Daily Living, Congregation