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For All What Saints? Preaching All Saints Day, Mark A. Granquist
For All What Saints? Preaching All Saints Day, Mark A. Granquist
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American culture has either trivialized All Saints Eve into a time of free candy or idealized All Saints Day as a festival of the unachievable. The texts are more real than that—and so is sainthood.
"Shepherd My Sheep": Preaching For The Sake Of Greater Works Than These, Karoline M. Lewis
"Shepherd My Sheep": Preaching For The Sake Of Greater Works Than These, Karoline M. Lewis
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The conversation between Jesus and Peter in John 21:15–19 highlights Peter’s work as an apostle but also reveals our own call to care for the sheep—as Jesus says, to “do the works that I do.” The text offers an opportunity to preach about Christian vocation and daily life.
Resisting The Human Need For Enemies, Or What Would Harry Potter Do?, Mary E. Hess
Resisting The Human Need For Enemies, Or What Would Harry Potter Do?, Mary E. Hess
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Most mass-mediated popular cultures surround us with enemies, offering up vivid depictions of a world seen as either “for us” or “against us.” Christian faith, on the other hand, draws us towards love even in the presence of hatred. A close look at the surprisingly countercultural world of Harry Potter provides some ways forward in walking the path of love.
My Sinful Self: The Self As Enemy, Steven D. Paulson
My Sinful Self: The Self As Enemy, Steven D. Paulson
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“We have met the enemy, and he is us,” said Pogo. The “us” is our sinful self, which can be disposed of only by dying to faith in our own power to believe and rising to faith as the daily gift of Christ. For this, we need a preacher, the bringer of an external word to which we can cling
"Changing The Face Of The Enemy": Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Beloved Community, Gary M. Simpson
"Changing The Face Of The Enemy": Martin Luther King, Jr., And The Beloved Community, Gary M. Simpson
Faculty Publications
Martin Luther King, Jr., begins with Jesus’ command to love the enemy and moves to an understanding that in the “beloved community” God is “changing the face of the enemy.” In that beloved community, where all are brought together in a way that changes all, true freedom is found.
Blessing, Well-Being, And Salvation: Should Lutherans Learn To Dance To Another Tune?, Guillermo C. Hansen
Blessing, Well-Being, And Salvation: Should Lutherans Learn To Dance To Another Tune?, Guillermo C. Hansen
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No abstract provided.
Two Kinds Of Authority: Law And Gospel, Steven D. Paulson
Two Kinds Of Authority: Law And Gospel, Steven D. Paulson
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No abstract provided.
A More True ‘Domestic And Foreign Missionary Society’: Toward A Missional Polity For The Episcopal Church., Dwight J. Zscheile
A More True ‘Domestic And Foreign Missionary Society’: Toward A Missional Polity For The Episcopal Church., Dwight J. Zscheile
Faculty Publications
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