Emphasis Preaching Journal
For those who have ears to hear
Commentary
This is a day when a lot of ears will burn if the preaching follows the lead of the texts. They are heart-searchers and spiritual gut-checkers, peppered with ominous warnings as well as with thrilling challenges. I personally prefer biblical passages that comfort and reassure. While some of that can be found in these three readings, the central luminous truths, as my first professor in homiletics used to call them, are demands to do something for God ... and do them fearlessly and selflessly.
