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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.”
The New Shape Of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith. By Mark A. Noll, Ken Chitwood
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.
Case For Character: Towards A Lutheran Virtue Ethics. By Joel D. Biermann, Mark Mattes
Case For Character: Towards A Lutheran Virtue Ethics. By Joel D. Biermann, Mark Mattes
Concordia Journal
Over all, Biermann’s contribution is significant, timely, and a remarkable achievement that will alter current discussions of ethics among Lutherans and other Christians.
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 4 • 1 John 3:16–24 • April 26, 2015 Preliminary Considerations, Victor Raj
Easter 4 • 1 John 3:16–24 • April 26, 2015 Preliminary Considerations, Victor Raj
Concordia Journal
Christians do not simply resign from this world of harassment, resentment, and sorrow, but endure hardship trusting in the reconciling love God has lavished for them in the Lord Christ.
Easter 3 • 1 John 3:1–7 • April 19, 2015, Paul Raabe
Easter 3 • 1 John 3:1–7 • April 19, 2015, Paul Raabe
Concordia Journal
Being Like Jesus The almighty Creator, through the atoning death and bodily resurrection of his incarnate Son, has given you his wondrous love.
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 5 • Hebrews 5:1–10 • March 22, 2015 Sermon Notes, Andrew Bartelt
Lent 5 • Hebrews 5:1–10 • March 22, 2015 Sermon Notes, Andrew Bartelt
Concordia Journal
The end result (telos) of Christ’s high priestly work, which was “made perfect” or complete when he himself cried, “It is finished,” is the “eternal salvation of all who obey him”
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.
Lent 2 • Romans 5:1–11 • March 1, 2015, Robert Kolb
Lent 2 • Romans 5:1–11 • March 1, 2015, Robert Kolb
Concordia Journal
Suffering does not save, but those who have found salvation and peace in Christ can expect the hostility of Satan in the midst of daily life as it manifests itself in attacks and temptations of various kinds.
Lent 1 • James 1:12–18 • February 22, 2015, William Carr Jr.
Lent 1 • James 1:12–18 • February 22, 2015, William Carr Jr.
Concordia Journal
We need to let James be James. We ought not try to make him sound like Paul, or John, or Peter, or anyone else.
Transfiguration • 2 Corinthians 3:12–13 (14–18); 4:1–6 • February 15, 2015, David Lewis
Transfiguration • 2 Corinthians 3:12–13 (14–18); 4:1–6 • February 15, 2015, David Lewis
Concordia Journal
As Paul uses this image of the veil to describe what happens with unbelievers when they hear God’s word, this image should not be directly applied to believers today as if they are still impeded by such a veil.
Epiphany 5 • 1 Corinthians 9:16–23 • February 8, 2015, Arthur Graudin
Epiphany 5 • 1 Corinthians 9:16–23 • February 8, 2015, Arthur Graudin
Concordia Journal
In a portion of the Collect the worshipper joins in praying that God the loving Father would enable him to do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Making Sense Of Confessionalism Today, Joel Okamoto
Making Sense Of Confessionalism Today, Joel Okamoto
Concordia Journal
Okamoto states that problems with confessionalism come from taking the Confessions for granted. He suggests making the confessions our own by seeking to explain and defend them for our time and place. The Apology of the Augsburg Confession should remain in force, but a twenty-first Apology could provide a contemporary explanation for current circumstances. This would be a way to appropriate the confessions as confessions, not merely as doctrinal standards, and would be a constructive rather than defensive approach.
“I Make These Confessions My Own” Lutheran Confessional Subscription In The Twenty-First Century Robert Kolb And Charles P. Arand, Robert Kolb, Charles Arand
“I Make These Confessions My Own” Lutheran Confessional Subscription In The Twenty-First Century Robert Kolb And Charles P. Arand, Robert Kolb, Charles Arand
Concordia Journal
The spirit of Augsburg and the method of the Wittenberg theologians carry the content of the Lutheran confessional documents into the many societies and cultures of the twenty-first century in which God calls Lutherans to repeat their confession of faith for the benefit of church and world.
The Nicene Creed In The Church, David Maxwell
The Nicene Creed In The Church, David Maxwell
Concordia Journal
“Let us confess our Christian faith in the words of the Nicene Creed.” But what do we mean when we identify the content of the faith with the words of the creed.
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.
Introduction From The Chair, Joel Okamoto
Introduction From The Chair, Joel Okamoto
Concordia Journal
I propose that we think of “confessionalism” as understanding our identity and life as Christians in terms of the basic confession “Jesus is Lord.”