Preaching That God Forgives All Sin

Preaching That God Forgives All Sin In the last post we began a consideration of preaching on the statement, "I believe in the forgiveness of sins."   I want to continue that theme as we consider how to go about preaching that God forgives…

Preaching About the Forgiveness of Sins

Preaching About the Forgiveness of Sins Preaching about the forgiveness of sins  can be one of the most exciting messages in this series on preaching doctrine.  The idea that God forgives all our sins is foundational to any doctrine that…

Preaching on the Communion of Saints

Preaching on the Communion of  Saints The next phrase in the Apostles' Creed is: "I believe in the communion of saints".  Preaching on the communion of saints is another opportunity to make doctrine live for your people.   This post is part…

Preaching About the Holy Catholic Church

Preaching About the Church Those words sound a bit strange to our protestant inclinations.  But preaching about the church is also a doctrinal message (or series of messages) that your people need to hear.  This is the next phrase of the…

Preaching About the Holy Spirit

Preaching About the Holy Spirit In this post we continue our series on preaching about doctrine.  This post reflects on the next phrase of the Apostles' Creed: I believe in the Holy Spirit.  Preaching about the Holy Spirit is a huge subject.…

Another View of the Judgment

Another View of the Judgment In the last post we took an initial view of what it might be like to preach about the coming judgment.  In this post we'll look at another view of judgment that could be very enriching for your congregation.  The…

Preaching About the Upcoming Judgment

Preaching About the Upcoming Judgment We are in a series of posts about preaching on doctrine.  In this post we are going to look at preaching about the upcoming judgment. In the last post, we considered that Jesus promised to return.…

Preaching about the Second Coming

Preaching About the Second Coming The next step in preaching doctrine is preaching about the second coming of Jesus Christ.  The Apostles' Creed say, "He shall come again to judge the living and the dead."  I'm going to leave off the theme…

Preaching That Jesus Is On His Throne

Preaching That Jesus Is On His Throne We continue in this post the theme of doctrinal preaching.  The next phrase in the Apostles' Creed is this that Jesus ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father.  Jesus is…

Preaching About the Holy Spirit

Preaching About the Holy Spirit We are considering a series of sermons about doctrine.  The first post is here.  The purpose of these blog posts is to get ideas about how doctrine, something that many Christians believe is "dull", can breathe…