Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
1-1-1934
Document Type
Article
Keywords
preacher, sermon
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
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 few words of Scripture that are chosen merely for novelty's sake.
Disciplines
Practical Theology
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Romans 13:8-10; John 3:16; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 John 1:7; Luke 11:5-13;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Fritz, John H.
(1934)
"Long or Short Sermon Texts?,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 5, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol5/iss1/7
