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The Practical Application In The Sermon, E. J. Friedrich
The Practical Application In The Sermon, E. J. Friedrich
Concordia Theological Monthly
The practical application of the text is one of the most important features of the Christian sermon. In fact, it constitutes its distinctive characteristic, that element which distinguishes the sermon from all other religious discourses. This is what Spurgeon had in mind when he said: "Where the application begins, the sermon begins.''
Long Or Short Sermon Texts?, John H. Fritz
Long Or Short Sermon Texts?, John H. Fritz
Concordia Theological Monthly
Taking it for granted that the sermon should be based on a certain text, the question arises, Shall it be a long or a short text? By a long text we do not necessarily mean a text of ten to twenty or more verses. The pericope for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Rom. 18, 8-10, although containing only three verses, is not a short text. And speaking of a short text, we do not mean a brief saying of Scripture which is torn out of its context and given a meaning different from that which it originally had, nor a …