Evangelical Lutheran Homiletics

<p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>This translation of Reinhold Pieper's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Evangelical Lutheran Homiletics </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>offers a fuller understanding of the history of preaching within the LCMS as typified by C. F. W. Walther. Pieper a student of Walther who would serve as homiletics professor and president of Concordia Preachers' Seminary from 1891-1914 dissects the task of preaching from start to finish as inspired by the classic German homiletics textbook by J. J. Rambach.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Within this work Pieper outlines the following aspects of the preaching process all while affirming the necessity of a strictly textual sermon. </span></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Meditation on the text </span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Outlining and writing the sermon </span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Memorizing the sermon</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>Accounting for the preacher's personal style</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>And much more. </span></li><li></li></ul><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(9 11 13 1)>This the first official homiletics textbook for use in the LCMS is an invaluable resource for any pastor or seminary student who wishes to gain a better understanding of thought and practice of Lutheran homiletics. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>