Through the Needle's Eye: Sermons on the Gospels

CAN A CAMEL GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE? "If I had made up this question, you might suspect I was playing a game with you. / But it isn't a game, and it isn't my question. / Jesus is the one doing the asking. / The subject, of course, isn't camels and needles. / Jesus is talking about something vastly more important ‒ / the Kingdom of God and whether or not it is / possible for us to enter it." --from the sermon "Through the Needle's Eye." "As a rule, sermons are more amenable to the ear than to the eye, more effective from the pulpit than from the printed page, but Pastor Kasting's unique mode of presentation compels us to rethink that homiletical truism... He does not tear down simply to tear down. He tears down to build up. He performs surgery to effect healing. He preaches Law in order to administer Gospel. Without exception his sermons abound and climax in the Good News of our eternal salvation through the ... Son of God, Jesus. These sermons demonstrate more than word power; they are 'the power of God unto salvation.'" --from the Foreword by Dr. Francis Rossow, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO