This Week at the Center for Excellence in Preaching

Next sunday is September 05, 2010 (Ordinary Time)

This Week‘s Article:

The Lectionary Gospel Text is: Luke 14:25-33
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Old Testament Lectionary Text is: Jeremiah 18:1-11
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  • Fall Preaching Conference: Preaching Matthew's Gospel of Surprise "Fall Preaching Conference: Preaching Matthew's Gospel of Surprise", Mark Labberton, Grand Rapids, MI, October 21, 2010

    The Gospel of Matthew lays out both some of the most expected and the most unexpected dimensions of the Kingdom now at hand. If we give Matthew's text a fair hearing, we encounter one of the most bracing expressions of the Gospel anywhere in the New Testament. Preaching this gospel of surprise offers a compellingly urgent and transformative word of hope for pastors and congregations alike.