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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: The Situational Sermon as Occasional Preaching | |
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| The Starting Point: The Good News of Justification by Grace Alone through Faith Alone | |
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| The Goal: Providing Theological Helps for Situational Sermons Called "Gospel Commonplaces" | |
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| A Preview: Gospel, Context, and Situation | |
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| "Church, We've Got a Situation...and a Gospel to Preach" | |
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| Theology of the Gospel | |
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| Justification by Grace through Faith as Gospel Starting Point | |
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| Critical Presuppositions Going Forward | |
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| A Lutheran Theology of the Gospel in Postmodern Context | |
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| An Excursus: Expressing the Gospel of Grace in the Postmodern Context | |
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| Gospel as Radical Promise | |
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| Gospel in Context and Situation | |
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| Gospel and Context | |
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| Context in the Concrete | |
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| Gospel and Situation | |
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| Preaching Gospel at Funerals | |
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| Discerning the Context | |
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| Discerning the Situation | |
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| Gospel Commonplaces for Funeral Sermons | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Preaching Gospel at Weddings | |
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| Discerning the Context | |
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| Discerning the Situation | |
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| Gospel Commonplaces for Wedding Sermons | |
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| Preaching Gospel and Stewardship | |
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| Discerning the Context | |
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| Discerning the Situation | |
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| Gospel Commonplaces for Stewardship Sermons | |
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| Preaching Gospel in the Face of Injustice | |
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| Discerning the Context | |
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| Discerning the Situation | |
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| Gospel Commonplaces for Preaching in the Face of Injustice | |
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| Preaching Gospel in Times of Public Crises | |
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| Discerning the Context | |
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| Discerning the Situation | |
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| Gospel Commonplaces for Preaching in Times of Public Crises | |
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| Optional Loci: Gospel Commonplaces for Crises across the Continuum | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Preaching Gospel Going Forward | |
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| Imagining Situations beyond the Stained Glass | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appendix for Preachers: How to Use Gospel Commonplaces for Your Kairos Preaching Moments | |
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| Choose a Gospel Commonplace for a Main Idea | |
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| Choose Two or More Gospel Commonplaces to Structure Theological Reflection | |
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| The Gospel Goes Ahead of You | |
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| Two Final Rules for the Road for Gospel Preachers Going Forward | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |