Preaching on Social Issues - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

The series I'm editing for the Journal now has an official introduction and a new essay by Jonathan Rundman.

Preaching Habbakuk

Enter the Bible - Old Testament: Habakkuk is a great resource in case you're preaching the OT lesson this Sunday. It's the one and only chance in the lectionary to preach this minor prophet.

That's the kind of thing Christians do

Every week I read WorkingPreacher.org for insights into the texts for Sunday. In the most recent essay, this made me tear up...

"May I digress for a word of personal testimony? Though raised in the church-centered Bible Belt, I did not grow up in church. When I was twelve, I spent a week in the hospital with a hip injury. I received two visits, one from my aunt and uncle's part-time pastor and one from a church youth group. (The youth group brought a cutely packaged soap and washcloth.) Just a few years later, when I could embrace my faith, I remembered both of those visits. That's the kind of thing Christians do.

Unfortunately, our culture has acquired a taste for spectacular spirituality. By the grace of God, mustard seed faith and ordinary discipleship more often suffice."

Preaching on Social Issues - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Preaching on Social Issues - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America This is the series I now edit at JLE. Watch for new essays each month, October featuring Lutheran rocker Jonathan Rundman!