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Reformation Sunday • Romans 3:19–28 • October 25, 2015, Robert Rosin Sep 2015

Reformation Sunday • Romans 3:19–28 • October 25, 2015, Robert Rosin

Concordia Journal

The gospel flies in the face of logic, which is why Luther (in his 1517 “Disputation against Scholastic Theology”) said Aristotle is to theology as darkness is to light.


Proper 19 • James 3:1–12, William Schumacher Sep 2015

Proper 19 • James 3:1–12, William Schumacher

Concordia Journal

Christians are absolutely forbidden to speak evil of other people—even if what they say is technically “true.”


Pietism On The American Landscape, Martin Conkling Sep 2015

Pietism On The American Landscape, Martin Conkling

Concordia Journal

Pietism on the American Landscape from its beginnings to present.


Proper 10 • Ephesians 1:3–16 • July 12, 2015, Timothy Dost Sep 2015

Proper 10 • Ephesians 1:3–16 • July 12, 2015, Timothy Dost

Concordia Journal

It is through the durability of these promises applied to us that we find both the faithfulness and strength to love our neighbors, marking us as those distinctive people God has chosen from the beginning.


Proper 7 • 2 Corinthians 6:1–13 • June 21, 2015 Servants Of God As A Study In Contrasts, Joel Elowsky Sep 2015

Proper 7 • 2 Corinthians 6:1–13 • June 21, 2015 Servants Of God As A Study In Contrasts, Joel Elowsky

Concordia Journal

The one who was himself a study in contrasts, contradictions, and paradoxes asks no less of his servants and gives no less than his Spirit to make it happen.


Holy Trinity • Acts 2:14a, 22–36 • May 31, 2015, Erik Herrmann Sep 2015

Holy Trinity • Acts 2:14a, 22–36 • May 31, 2015, Erik Herrmann

Concordia Journal

For Peter, gifted now with the Holy Spirit, all that has taken place was promised long ago and has unfolded according to God’s “definite plan and foreknowledge.” In spite of all appearances, the death of Jesus does not negate the “mighty works, wonders and signs” of God.


Faithful Witness In Work And Rest, William Schumacher Sep 2015

Faithful Witness In Work And Rest, William Schumacher

Concordia Journal

Faithful Christian witness in work starts with the value of the work itself, in its own right, not as a means to some other end or a pretense for some specifically “religious” agenda.


The New Shape Of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith. By Mark A. Noll, Ken Chitwood Sep 2015

The New Shape Of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith. By Mark A. Noll, Ken Chitwood

Concordia Journal

Noll proposes that North American Christianity molded, and is related to, worldwide Christianity via an amalgamation of missionary influence, evangelical attitudes, and shared historical contexts.


Divine Kingdom, Holy Order: The Political Writings Of Martin Luther. By Jarrett A. Carty, Paul Robinson Sep 2015

Divine Kingdom, Holy Order: The Political Writings Of Martin Luther. By Jarrett A. Carty, Paul Robinson

Concordia Journal

Carty has collected the texts from Luther’s Works that touch significantly on topics such as law, government, authority, and war.


Epiphany 2 • Isaiah 49:1–7 • January 19, 2014, Erik Herrmann Sep 2015

Epiphany 2 • Isaiah 49:1–7 • January 19, 2014, Erik Herrmann

Concordia Journal

This is the great epiphany—the mystery hidden for ages but now revealed, the surprising “new thing” of God’s salvation!


Six Ways Ecumenical Progress Is Possible, Sarah Wilson Sep 2015

Six Ways Ecumenical Progress Is Possible, Sarah Wilson

Concordia Journal

Ecumenism can only be the outcome of both mutual and internal discernment in the churches. It will take time, it will involve missteps, and it will require humility.


Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue On Foundations Laid In 1962–1964, Jared Wicks Sep 2015

Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue On Foundations Laid In 1962–1964, Jared Wicks

Concordia Journal

Ecumenical Issues discussed during the Vatican II


The Gospel Luther’S Linchpin For Catholicity, Gordon Jensen Sep 2015

The Gospel Luther’S Linchpin For Catholicity, Gordon Jensen

Concordia Journal

Much has been made about the fact that after Luther launched the reformation in Germany, he changed the wording of the third article of the Apostles’ Creed from “holy catholic Church” to “holy Christian Church.”


Proper 8 • Jeremiah 28:5–9 • June 29, 2014, William Schumacher Sep 2015

Proper 8 • Jeremiah 28:5–9 • June 29, 2014, William Schumacher

Concordia Journal

How do we know if a prophet speaks the truth? We know by seeing whether what he said actually happens.


Epiphany 5 • Isaiah 58:3–9a • February 9, 2014, Timothy Dost Sep 2015

Epiphany 5 • Isaiah 58:3–9a • February 9, 2014, Timothy Dost

Concordia Journal

When we put up an appearance of righteousness without attendant love manifesting itself in deeds for the neighbor, we only fool ourselves and, in the end, indicate that our own situation is already ruined by our hardness of heart.


Why Priests?: A Failed Tradition By Garry Wills, John Helmke Sep 2015

Why Priests?: A Failed Tradition By Garry Wills, John Helmke

Concordia Journal

Though he does not include a bibliography, the breadth of his reading and frequent quotation of respected authors is impressive. Short chapters and Wills’s crisp writing style make for enjoyable, thought-provoking reading.


Luther’S Works, Volume 75, Church Post Edited By Benjamin G. Mayes And James Langebartels, Paul Robinson Sep 2015

Luther’S Works, Volume 75, Church Post Edited By Benjamin G. Mayes And James Langebartels, Paul Robinson

Concordia Journal

Roth reproduced Luther accurately when he had a work by Luther in front of him, but he felt free to include other material in his editions when he lacked something by Luther.


Proper 20 • Ezekiel 34:11–16; 20–24 • November 23, 2014, Timothy Dost Sep 2015

Proper 20 • Ezekiel 34:11–16; 20–24 • November 23, 2014, Timothy Dost

Concordia Journal

God Protects and Heals His Flock When faced with the fall of Jerusalem, Ezekiel describes the judgment on those shepherds responsible and the reasons for the fall.


God’S Timeline: An Introduction To Theology For Laypeople By Rick Meyer, Joel Oesch Sep 2015

God’S Timeline: An Introduction To Theology For Laypeople By Rick Meyer, Joel Oesch

Concordia Journal

In God’s Timeline: An Introduction to Theology for Laypeople, Rick Meyer seeks to engage the reader in a theological journey that spreads across the whole of history, pointing to the presence of God’s divine will as it moves from the garden of Eden to the present church and beyond.


All Saints’ Day • Revelation 7:9–17 • November 2, 2014, Erik Herrmann Sep 2015

All Saints’ Day • Revelation 7:9–17 • November 2, 2014, Erik Herrmann

Concordia Journal

Washed and clothed in white robes, God will “shelter them with his presence .