Includes bibliographical references.

"Bibliography of the writings of Gerhard O. Forde": p. 322-329.

Introduction : taking the risk to proclaim -- God preached and not preached. Whatever happened to God? : God not preached ; When the old gods fail : Martin Luther's critique of mysticism ; Karl Barth on the consequences of Lutheran Christology -- Doing the Word. Preaching the sacraments ; Public ministry and its limits ; Something to believe : a theological perspective on infant baptism ; The Lord's Supper as the testament of Jesus ; Absolution : systematic considerations -- Called to freedom. Speaking the Gospel today ; Lutheran faith and American freedom ; Human sexuality and Romans, chapter one ; Fake theology : reflections on antinomianism past and present ; The Lutheran view of sanctification ; Reflections on the Fries-Rahner proposal : thesis I ; Called to freedom -- Sermons. The doing of God : John 1:8 and 5:19 ; Until he comes : 1 Corinthians 11:26 ; The interrupted party : Mark 14:25 ; Abstractions aside : Mark 14:25 ; Celebrating the future : Mark 14:25 ; Ascension Day : later! : Acts 1:6-9 ; Moses' baccalaureate : Exodus 4:21-26, Psalm 90, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 ; Breaking the conspiracy of silence : Psalm 51:15 ; You are witnesses (ordination) : Luke 24:44-49 ; On preaching good news to the poor : Matthew 11:2-5 ; A voice from the darkness : Mark 1:24 ; A gracious neighbor or a gracious God? : 2 Samuel 24:1-5, Romans 3:9-19, Matthew 5:43-48 ; The laborers in the vineyard : Matthew 20:1-16 ; Yes! : 2 Corinthians 1:17b-19.