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Preface | p. viii |
Preaching and Hearing | |
Introduction: The Primacy of Preaching in Protestant Worship | p. 3 |
Be Hearers of the Word and Not Doers Only | p. 13 |
The Minister as Parson, Preacher, and Pastor | p. 21 |
Hearing the Voice of God | p. 28 |
The Church | |
"Compel Them to Come In": The Gospel as Divine Command, Not Consumer Choice | p. 37 |
The World's Heroes and the Church's Saints | p. 44 |
A Call for a Latter-Day Reformation of the Church | p. 54 |
Wrestling Jacob and Being Named by God | p. 63 |
Suffering and Service | |
The No-People Who Have Become God's People | p. 71 |
The Call of the Crucified | p. 78 |
The Suffering That Makes for Character | p. 85 |
Christians as the Little Ones, the Hobbits of the World | p. 92 |
A Farewell Sermon to a Faithful People | p. 100 |
The Rock That Springs with the Water of Life | p. 106 |
Doctrine and the Moral Life | |
Christians and Jews: Wayfarers through the Wasteland | p. 115 |
The Scandal of Our Redemption | p. 123 |
Loud, Dogmatic, and Certain: Three Good Christian Words | p. 132 |
Thou Shalt Not Slay either Bodies or Souls | p. 144 |
Hurrying toward Hell | p. 159 |
Baptism in a Coffin | p. 166 |
The Christian Year | |
Waiting, Watching, and Enduring to the End | p. 171 |
Jesus as Both Savior and Lord | p. 176 |
Hosanna to the King Who Rides upon a Donkey | p. 184 |
This Cup | p. 191 |
The Call of the Cross and the Table | p. 196 |
Unwearied Hearts Ascend | p. 202 |
The Vocations of Ministry and Marriage | |
A Fiery Red-Head Called to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament | p. 211 |
A Rock Breaker and a Stone Builder | p. 218 |
The Redeeming Comedy of Marriage | p. 222 |
A Latter-Day Rachel and Jacob | p. 227 |
A Marriage Built on the Solid Rock | p. 231 |
Death and Eternal Life | |
An Unhaloed Mississippian Saint | p. 237 |
A Man of Godly Fear and Suffering Obedience | p. 244 |
Feasting on Manna and Turnip Greens | p. 250 |
A Grotesque Act of Repentance | p. 255 |
A Woman Whose Name and Life Sparkled | p. 258 |
A Teacher Who Demanded Pandemonium | p. 264 |
A Man Alive While Dying | p. 271 |
A Woman Who Waited for the Lord God | p. 276 |
A Fearless and Funny Preacher of the Gospel | p. 283 |
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