Today’s guest post comes to us from ProPreacher.com as we celebrate Martin Luther’s contributions to ministry on this 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
On top of his many other responsibilities, Luther was a preaching machine. He preached an estimated 4,000 sermons in his lifetime, of which we have approximately 2,300 of those sermons preserved today.
On average, Luther preached 120 sermons per year. That equates to roughly one sermon every three days. And most pastors today preach only one sermon a week and think the weight of their preaching load is heavy!
Ironically, Luther never desired to preach. Despite his fear of preaching and a thorough attempt to decline, Luther reluctantly succumbed to the calling. This defining moment would begin a ministry that changed the course of preaching in the church, greatly impacting the way many pastors preach today.
We will examine only three hallmarks of Luther’s preaching that have heavily influenced the church today:
Preaching should be:
- central to the church worship service,
- founded on God’s Word,
- and spoken in the simple language of ordinary people.
Click here to read the full article and thorough examination of each hallmark.
Your partner in ministry,
Nelson
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