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Proper 22 • Isaiah 5:1–7 • October 5, 2014, Dale Meyer

Concordia Journal

God loved his Israel, his “pleasant planting.” He planted them to do good works, specifically to bring justice and righteousness to all people, but they gave him “wild grapes.”

Proper 21 • Ezekiel 18:1–4, 25–32 • September 28, 2014, Kent Burreson

Concordia Journal

The preacher is encouraged to give attention to the rhetorical structure of the pericope that reconstructs a conversation between Yahweh and Israel through Ezekiel, although decidedly from God’s perspective.

Proper 20 • Isaiah 55:6–9 • September 21, 2014, Thomas Egger

Concordia Journal

God therefore calls all humanity to true repentance, that is, to abandon their own wicked thoughts and ways and to return to God in faith—for God’s ways include incomprehensible mercy toward sinners.

Proper 19 • Genesis 50:15–21 • September 14, 2014, Paul Philp

Concordia Journal

Filled with fear before the power of Joseph to kill them, and in the absence of Jacob to protect them, they come face-to-face with the temporal consequences of their sins.

Proper 18 • Ezekiel 33:7–9 • September 7, 2014, David Wollenburg

Concordia Journal

In the chapter that follows our text for today Ezekiel points us to the Messiah as the true Shepherd who will deliver and feed his flock, in Jesus we know that that has happened and continues to happen yet today.

Proper 17 • Jeremiah 15:15–21 • August 31, 2014, Ernest Bernet

Concordia Journal

Though the Lord “understands,” Jeremiah grieves over the persecution he is suffering and questions whether the Lord will be “like a deceptive brook.”

Proper 16 • Isaiah 51:1–6 • August 24, 2014, Francis Rossow

Concordia Journal

This passage is about the end times in which the gospel is not only present (as it is in all such readings) but in which it predominates.

Proper 15 • Isaiah 56:1, 6–8 • August 17, 2014, Robert W. Weise

Concordia Journal

hose whom the Lord has bound to himself through the waters of baptism, establishing the Christian’s identity, serve him and love the name that is above every name—Jesus Christ.

Proper 14 • Job 38:4–18 • August 10, 2014, David Maxwell

Concordia Journal

In keeping with the flow of the book of Job, the preacher should replace the listener’s sense of indignation with a sense of wonder at God’s majesty and his grace.

Martin Luther’S Platzregen In Action The Changing Face Of Global Christianity, Douglas Rutt

Concordia Journal

The study of the momentous demographic shifts in Christianity that have taken place in the past two decades has become a growth industry of sorts.

God’S Word Produces Faith And Fruit Reflections From Luther’S Understanding Of The Sermon On The Mount, Robert Kolb

Concordia Journal

In his comments on the Sermon on the Mount in 1538 he made clear that the community’s light was to shine with good works, which meant specifically “the exercise, expression, and confession of the teaching of Christ and faith and suffering for its sake.”

Empowering Confident Confessor-Servant Evangelists Twenty-First-Century Multicultural Mission Work, Gregory Seltz

Concordia Journal

Amid such real tensions the church of Jesus Christ is challenged to be the body of Christ for others, to build bridges, to more boldly speak Christ’s message beyond the safety of its confessional walls.

Young Christians And Sharing The Faith: Room For Improvement, Sarah Guldalian

Concordia Journal

This research has demonstrated that there is much room for improvement in terms of the confidence and capacity for faith-conversations between young adults. Yet, I was encouraged to find that gaps could be filled through simple evangelism training.

A Special Kinship, Kurt Buchholz

Concordia Journal

Lutheran Hour Ministries enjoys a kinship with Concordia Seminary historically as well as today.

How Can We Help You?, Dale Meyer

Concordia Journal

Concordia Seminary is committed to providing to all the baptized of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod theological resources that are helpful for faith and life.

035. Given By The Father, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on Jesus being the life giving bread and faith comes from God through the Holy Spirit.

034. Bread Of Life, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on Jesus being the life giving bread and water so no one should be spiritually hunger or thirsty again.

Concordia Seminary Magazine | Summer 2015, Jeffrey Kloha

Concordia Seminary Magazine

Sent to Serve

033. In Fear And Faith, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on Jesus having compassion on the disciples as well as those who were sick whether it is from fear or faith.

032. Feeding The Sheep, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on Jesus feeding the 5,000 showing his compassion for their bodliy needs and as well as their spiritual needs.

031. Who Is Jesus?, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on the Death of John the Baptist and the question of who people think Jesus is.

030. Consequences Of Unbelief, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on the account of Jesus returning to Nazareth and because people know him as the carpenter's son they find it difficult to believe.

029. Do Not Fear, Only Believe, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on the accounts of Jesus healing Jairus' daughter and the healing of the unclean woman showing his authority over disease and death.

028. Who Then Is This?, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on Jesus stilling the storm and what does this mean for you and for your family.

027. The Kingdom Of God, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on a parable of the Mustard seed told by Jesus to explain the kingdom of God and what does this mean for you and for your family.

Catecismo Menor Mayor Mlutero, Bjarne Teigen

Catecismo

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026. One In Christ, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on Christ praying for all believers and what does this mean for you and for your family.

025. Chosen, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on being sent out to bear fruit and love one another and what does this mean for you and for your family.

024. Bearing Fruit, Anthony Cook, Jason Broge

Table Talk: Family Devotions

A family devotion based on Jesus is the vine and we are the branches and what does this mean for you and for your family.

Role Of The Church In Fighting Hiv-Aids Stigmatization Among Women In Kenya, Christine Adhiambo Ouko

Master of Art Theology Thesis

Ouko, Christine Adhiambo. “Role of the Church in Fighting HIV-AIDS Stigmatization among Women in Kenya.” MA thesis, Concordia Seminary, 2015, 116 pp.

Practical Theology, a discipline under which this thesis is based, is the application of God’s word in real life problems. HIV/AIDS stigmatization is a persistent and pernicious problem to any effective response to the pandemic. It is, therefore, a perennial danger confronting the church. The peril is acute when women and children struggle in alienation and despair in familial, social, and religious places believed to be lifesaving stations. Apparently, it is not easy to bear the burden of …