Michael Rogness
Alvin N. Rogness Professor of Preaching  

Email: mrogness@luthersem.edu Personal Website: www.luthersem.edu/mrogness/

See personal website for course materials.
	See academic catalog for general course descriptions.
IC 2635	COMPARATIVE CONFESSIONS	Spring Semester 2008-2009

Michael Rogness is available to speak at your congregation's event or adult forum on the following topics. For other faculty and staff resources, visit our Online Resource Guide

• A Look at the Lutheran Confessions
• Angels Around Us
• Are You Really "Born Again?" (1-3 sessions)
• How to Listen to a Sermon
• Martin Luther as a Preacher
• Recalling the Catechism
• Seeing the Gospel in TV and Movies
• The Church's Part in New Central Europe
• The ELCA and the Eccumenical Movement (1-3 sessions)
• The Gospel Through Stories
• What is a Lutheran? (1-3 sessions)

Links:
		Adult Forums
		Angels in the Bible
		Website Helps for Preaching
Publications:
		Click here for a full listing of publications Preaching to a TV Generation. 1994. Hope in a Threatening World: A Study of the Book of Revelation. 1991 The Hand That Holds Me: How God's Grace Touches Our Lives. 1984.

Ordained	ELCA	1964
Th.D.	Erlangen/Nürnberg University Germany	1963
B.D.	Luther Theological Seminary St. Paul, MN	1960
B.A.	Augustana College Sioux Falls, SD	1956

Michael Rogness joined the Luther Seminary faculty in 1985 as an associate professor and was named professor of homiletics in 1993. He was a staff member of the Institute for Ecumenical Research of the Lutheran World Federation in Strassbourg, France (1967-1970). Ordained in 1964, Rogness was [more...]

"Our students are a joy to teach, and they take preaching seriously. I think I listen to better sermons on the weekdays than most people hear on Sunday mornings."

When congregations are looking for a pastor their number one request is a good preacher," says Michael Rogness, who has been [more...]

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