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Blessed Are The Balanced: A Seminarian’S Guide To Following Jesus In The Academy, Bruce Hartung
Blessed Are The Balanced: A Seminarian’S Guide To Following Jesus In The Academy, Bruce Hartung
Concordia Journal
Pettit and Mangum’s book focuses specifically on a seminarian’s spiritual life while at the “academy.” There are echoes of Tripp.
All Saints’ Day • 1 John 3:1–3 • November 1, 2015, Francis Rossow
All Saints’ Day • 1 John 3:1–3 • November 1, 2015, Francis Rossow
Concordia Journal
Well, the Christian life, in some respects at least, resembles a multiple-phase rocket: the first phase is from conception to birth; the second phase is from birth to death; and the third phase is from death into eternity.
Proper 21 • James 5:(1–12) 13–20, Tony Cook
Proper 21 • James 5:(1–12) 13–20, Tony Cook
Concordia Journal
Regardless of which section of the pericope one selects, all three share the following themes: we are to live out our identity in Christ even in the face of suffering, we are to assist our brothers and sisters in staying true to the faith.
Proper 17 • Ephesians 6:10–20, Jason Broge
Proper 17 • Ephesians 6:10–20, Jason Broge
Concordia Journal
The armor these soldiers are wearing is not gained by their own merit, but spiritual gifts they are blessed with.
Proper 16 • Ephesians 5:22–33, William Wrede
Proper 16 • Ephesians 5:22–33, William Wrede
Concordia Journal
The bulk of this passage has as its focus the role of husbands and how they are to love.
Word Alive! Connections And Conversations, Dale Meyer
Word Alive! Connections And Conversations, Dale Meyer
Concordia Journal
Making the Word alive and making connections through conversations.
Negotiating Identity: Exploring Tensions Between Being Hakka And Being Christian In Northwestern Taiwan, Henry Rowold
Negotiating Identity: Exploring Tensions Between Being Hakka And Being Christian In Northwestern Taiwan, Henry Rowold
Concordia Journal
Christofferson speaks of the Hakka people, he prefers more malleable descriptors such as “being Hakka” or “doing things in the Hakka way.” This, in turn, expresses the frustration Christofferson felt in his own ministry, working hard for fluency in the Hakka language, but discovering that not all of the Hakka he was speaking to were as comfortable in, or even loyal to, the ancestral language.
Proper 13 • Ephesians 4:1–16 • August 2, 2015, Richard Marrs
Proper 13 • Ephesians 4:1–16 • August 2, 2015, Richard Marrs
Concordia Journal
Just as your hands and your knees are gifts to you, gifts from God, so are the people around you gifts from God.
Proper 12 • Ephesians 3:14–21 • July 26, 2015, Benjamin Haupt
Proper 12 • Ephesians 3:14–21 • July 26, 2015, Benjamin Haupt
Concordia Journal
Paul is praying that the Ephesian Christians will be able to see the blueprints, so to speak, for the new church construction project, that is the building project of the church of God, the body of Christ.
Proper 8 • 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; 13–15 • June 28, 2015, Glenn Nielsen
Proper 8 • 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; 13–15 • June 28, 2015, Glenn Nielsen
Concordia Journal
In the sermon, besides the gospel motivation, appeals are made to the positive examples of other believers, and the call is to excel in generosity.
Proper 6 • 2 Corinthians 5:1–10 (11–17) • June 14, 2015, Daniel Eggold
Proper 6 • 2 Corinthians 5:1–10 (11–17) • June 14, 2015, Daniel Eggold
Concordia Journal
This God-given, Spirit-driven longing to have our perishable bodies replaced by something permanent is evidence that full communion with the Father is possible through Jesus Christ who died for all.
Proper 5 • 2 Corinthians 4:13–5:1 • June 7, 2015, Michael Redeker
Proper 5 • 2 Corinthians 4:13–5:1 • June 7, 2015, Michael Redeker
Concordia Journal
Today’s epistle focuses on the Spirit as he works in the life of the believer to keep the Christian in the faith by giving a new set of glasses through which to live out life in dual realities.
More Lively Participation, Dale Meyer
More Lively Participation, Dale Meyer
Concordia Journal
The present impartial judgment of God should drive us to fear God during our sojourn to heaven because our conduct and being is sinful, but we are awed because God is the Father who gives us our only hope of salvation, Jesus.
Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking The Faith From The Ground Up. By Simon Chan, Henry Rowold
Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking The Faith From The Ground Up. By Simon Chan, Henry Rowold
Concordia Journal
He states his purpose as “to force a rethink on the way Asian theology is currently undertaken and in so doing to show the distinctive contributions of Asian grassroots Christianity to the wider church’s theological endeavors.”
Easter 5 • 1 John 4:1–11 (12–21) • May 3, 2015, Mark Rockenbach
Easter 5 • 1 John 4:1–11 (12–21) • May 3, 2015, Mark Rockenbach
Concordia Journal
We show the love of God to our neighbor when we confess sin and speak words of forgiveness that began not with us, but with Jesus Christ who atoned for the sin of the world.
Easter 2 • 1 John 1:1–2:2 • April 12, 2015 Drawn Into God’S Fellowship, Henry Rowold
Easter 2 • 1 John 1:1–2:2 • April 12, 2015 Drawn Into God’S Fellowship, Henry Rowold
Concordia Journal
The Christian fellowship is a humbler fellowship, namely the fellowship of the forgiven children of God—and it’s not a solitary walk, but a fellowship with each other and with the God who guides us in his light.
The Resurrection Of Our Lord • 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 • April 5, 2015 The Occasion For Paul’S Words, David Peter
The Resurrection Of Our Lord • 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 • April 5, 2015 The Occasion For Paul’S Words, David Peter
Concordia Journal
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is an indispensable component of the gospel and an essential basis of our salvation.
Palm Sunday • Philippians 2:5–11 • March 29, 2015, Todd Jones
Palm Sunday • Philippians 2:5–11 • March 29, 2015, Todd Jones
Concordia Journal
Our English too often comes off sounding like Jesus was something less than God, as if he merely appeared to be God.
Lent 4 • Ephesians 2:1–10 • March 15, 2015, Wally Becker
Lent 4 • Ephesians 2:1–10 • March 15, 2015, Wally Becker
Concordia Journal
Secure in our relationship with God (by grace through faith – first kind of righteousness) we are empowered by God to live as God’s people in this world, loving God, by loving our neighbor.
Lent 3 • 1 Corinthians 1:18–31 • March 8, 2015 The Word Of The Cross, Wayne Knolhoff
Lent 3 • 1 Corinthians 1:18–31 • March 8, 2015 The Word Of The Cross, Wayne Knolhoff
Concordia Journal
The preacher has the wonderful opportunity in this text to invite his hearers to respond to Christ by believing the word of the cross and living according to it.
Talking To Jesus, Dale Meyer
Talking To Jesus, Dale Meyer
Concordia Journal
If the beginning of the twenty-first century is marked by “Epicurean indifference,” the temptation to doctrinally focused people is, quoting Melanchthon again, “Pharisaic pride.” What Jesus said to the ancient Pharisees can help us resist this subtle temptation to imagine that we own the truth.
Advent 2 • Isaiah 11:1–10 • December 8, 2013, Francis Rossow
Advent 2 • Isaiah 11:1–10 • December 8, 2013, Francis Rossow
Concordia Journal
We are thankful to the Lion of Judah for “sharing our fare,” for eating “straw like the ox.” Because he did so, we now enjoy eternal peace with him, just like the peace pictured between the lion and the ox in verse 7 of our text.
Proper 29 • Colossians 1:13–20 • November 24, 2013, Bruce Hartung
Proper 29 • Colossians 1:13–20 • November 24, 2013, Bruce Hartung
Concordia Journal
Use these readings from various places and times in the scriptures to prepare us for the overarching reality: Christ the creator, Christ the ruler, Christ the victor, Christ the redeemer, Christ the king.
Proper 28 • 2 Thessalonians 3:(1–5) 6–13 • November 17, 2013, Richard Marrs
Proper 28 • 2 Thessalonians 3:(1–5) 6–13 • November 17, 2013, Richard Marrs
Concordia Journal
Our God is a working God who has blessed us with the opportunity to serve him as his instruments to love and serve our neighbor.
Light From Above, Laser Our Hearts, Dale Meyer
Light From Above, Laser Our Hearts, Dale Meyer
Concordia Journal
It is a great time to be in the ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ! To our seminarians, I hope this year will fuel your passion for service to the congregations and communities to which you will be called.
A Lighthearted Book Of Common Errors. By Don Hoeferkamp, Francis Rossow
A Lighthearted Book Of Common Errors. By Don Hoeferkamp, Francis Rossow
Concordia Journal
Helpful as well as humorous is the author’s occasional practice of deliberately committing an error even as he simultaneously corrects it, thereby putting literacy and illiteracy side by side to facilitate the learning process.
My Bright Abyss: Meditation Of A Modern Believer. By Christian Wiman, Travis Scholl
My Bright Abyss: Meditation Of A Modern Believer. By Christian Wiman, Travis Scholl
Concordia Journal
Christian Wiman’s My Bright Abyss stands in a long line of spiritual writings that mix memoir with theology with a kind of deep spiritual insight.
Proper 13 • Isaiah 55:1–5 • August 3, 2014, David Schmitt
Proper 13 • Isaiah 55:1–5 • August 3, 2014, David Schmitt
Concordia Journal
He came to dance our dance with death, died on a cross, and rose victorious never to die again.
Proper 11 • Isaiah 44:6–8 • July 20, 2014, Tony Cook
Proper 11 • Isaiah 44:6–8 • July 20, 2014, Tony Cook
Concordia Journal
Witnesses of the Living God This approach focuses on the comparison of the God of creation who formed man with the gods formed by man from what God has created.
Proper 9 • Zechariah 9:9–12 • July 6, 2014, David Peter
Proper 9 • Zechariah 9:9–12 • July 6, 2014, David Peter
Concordia Journal
The people of God (depicted as the daughter of Zion/Jerusalem) are summoned to rejoice and exult at the king’s arrival.