tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post8972945499018444996..comments2023-11-05T02:55:10.230-06:00Comments on Gottesdienst Online: What "Good Preaching" DoesPr. H. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-80079574489568172252012-12-10T17:35:08.421-06:002012-12-10T17:35:08.421-06:00The problem with the Church Postils is that they a...The problem with the Church Postils is that they are not so much Luther, as Luther edited by a peer, and refined, and then published AS Luther with Luther's blessing.<br /><br />But the House Postils are unfiltered Luther. That explains why the House Postils do not sound as flat as the Church Postils.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-16845832238471473772012-12-08T15:50:11.202-06:002012-12-08T15:50:11.202-06:00Fr. Petersen,
Thank you for the Stephenson, which...Fr. Petersen,<br /><br />Thank you for the Stephenson, which I immediately had to share with my American-Saxon wife a couple of days ago. We were blessed. My sceptical attitude towards the Emperor has flipped about some 180 degrees. I'll take Stephenson over Gibbon.<br /><br />The short meditations found in the very Lutheran <i>Every Day I Will Bless Thee</i> are edifying and provoking; they truly make the heart burn, with the insights which open the Scriptures (and indeed, the way of Emmaus. Can they stimulate good preaching? Well, I have no office to preach; but frankly the insights, upon sharing, can make one something of a big-shot in the Bible class. Highly recommended!<br /><br />The book, I mean; <i>not</i> the striving to appear as a big-shot.<br /><br />Your (unworthy) servant,<br />Herr Doktor<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Michael L. Anderson, M.D., Ph.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158953802996685938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-37926533791080167072012-12-07T16:28:41.655-06:002012-12-07T16:28:41.655-06:00I agree that the Postils often fall flat. They are...I agree that the Postils often fall flat. They are actually better read in PD Pahl's *Luther for the Busy Man.* He pulls the best lines from them and reduces each sermon to seven small pages. Probably 1400 words total. <br /><br />You've hit on the preachers that I love already. And I think we have also mentioned in this space Giertz's What the Bible Says. The big fathers on the big days are usually very good as well: Augustine, Chrysostom (any of his commentary's on Pauline epistles, too), Chrysologus, Bernard, Leo the Great, etc. <br /><br />For non-Lutherans: Capon, Craddock (I know! But I heard him in person once, and he really is good at a certain type of sermon, think Nagel but UCC, if such a thing were possible), Lewis (usually found in The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses).<br /><br />+HRCPr. H. R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-22328252628814043952012-12-07T04:16:40.413-06:002012-12-07T04:16:40.413-06:00Luther's postils, as it happens, especially th...Luther's postils, as it happens, especially the House Postil. But I benefit particularly from <i>hearing</i> good preaching. As a Finn in exile, I regularly listen to a couple of the very gifted pastors of Luther Foundation Finland (www.luthersaatio.fi), and am much edified, and they make me want to preach.Tapani Simojokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06050897388566829272noreply@blogger.com