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Studies In Discipleship, Martin H. Franzmann
Studies In Discipleship, Martin H. Franzmann
Concordia Theological Monthly
When Jesus said, "Follow Me," He was confiscating man for Himself. For that word applied to man with personal and inescapable urgency His call to repentance and His annunciation of the Kingdom come; it brought the gift and the claim of the Kingdom to bear on man. The whole Gospel of Matthew is simply the record of this process of progressive Messianic confiscation, the record of how Jesus shaped men in the mold of repentance (the Kingdom-imperative), of how the Christ created men in His image, Christian men. Matthew's record, with its rich reproduction of the words of Jesus, anything …
Editorial Comment, Lewis W. Spitz
Editorial Comment, Lewis W. Spitz
Concordia Theological Monthly
Christ and His disciples lived and died during the reign of the Julian Caesars. The Savior was born in the reign of the first and crucified in that of the second. St. Peter and St. Paul died in the reign of the last. Accordingly, everything Christ and His disciples said about the higher powers involved one or the other of these rulers.
What Is A "Missionary," Anyway?, Graeme M. Rosenau
What Is A "Missionary," Anyway?, Graeme M. Rosenau
Concordia Theological Monthly
What is a "missionary," anyway? The answer cannot be given in 30 minutes or 30 hours. Some things that are extremely important can be said, and this iS an attempt to say them. But what is said can by its very generality point only beyond itself to the greatness of the work we missionaries have laid upon us and to the incalculable magnitude of the divine grace that has called us, even us, in our weakness and incapability, to perform it and has given us the power and promise that guarantee success. Only let us remember that the succes will …