The Preacher, the Text, and Certain Dogmas

The sermon “says the same thing” as the scripture not by repeating its words but by sharing its motion of death and resurrection.

My role with the Iowa Preachers Project means I think about the theology of proclamation more often than I might otherwise. I recently reread Bonhoeffer’s “Lecture on Homiletics” from his time at the underground seminary at Finkenwalde. This spurred me to return to an impor…