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Lent 2 • Genesis 12:1–9 • March 16, 2014, Arthur Graudin

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As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who have received the blessings of the forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life, we have the call to “be a blessing.”

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Lent 1 • Genesis 3:1–21 • March 9, 2014, Henry Rowold

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By divine design, Genesis 3 is an inseparable part of a unit (Gn 1–3), and neither Genesis 1–2 nor Genesis 3 should be discussed without the other.

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Transfiguration Sunday • Exodus 24:8–18 • March 2, 2014, Jeffery Gibbs

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If OT Israel needed a mediator, the one named and appointed to approach the presence of God on behalf of the people, how much greater is our mediator, the Son of God.

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Epiphany 7 • Leviticus 19:1–2, 9–18 • February 23, 2014, Timothy Saleska

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What are our lives to look like and how can they best reflect Christ? It is from this perspective that Leviticus 1–2, 9–18 have something to teach us.

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Epiphany 6 • Deuteronomy 30:15–20 • February 16, 2014, Robert Weise

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Choice within the context of Deuteronomy 30 is not a matter of picking and choosing. Choice is a covenant term wherein God is the subject.

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

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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.

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Marriage The Divine And Blessed Walk Of Life, Robert Weise

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Marriage is God’s divine and blessed walk of life for man and woman being true to each other, to be fruitful, to beget children, and to nurture and bring them up to the glory of God.

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Dean J. H. C. Fritz And The (Lifelong) Formation Of Pastors, Bruce Hartung

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We owe J. H. C. Fritz a great debt, not only for his influence on pastors in the LCMS and elsewhere, but also for his courage to write about his work and share his vision of ministry, preaching, and pastoral theology.

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Christian Counseling The Past Generation And The State Of The Field, Richard Marrs

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Gary Moon, vice president of Richmont Graduate University, says that Christian counseling, pastoral counseling, biblical counseling, and spiritual direction are all “sibling soul care disciplines.”

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Things We Do Not Fully Preach About Preparing To Die, Glenn Nielsen

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So what is the final and ultimate victory over death? The last day finds God not abandoning His creation but remaking it. He redeems His creation in its physicality, where space and matter matter.

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A Timely Word From Luther On Recruiting Young Men For Pastoral Ministry, David Peter

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Luther’s admonition is one that is appropriate for parents and parishes today: “…your children are not so wholly yours that you need give nothing of them to God. He too will have what is rightfully his—and they are more his than yours!”

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Pedagogy For A Politicized Church, Dale Meyer

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Students will come, study, and leave Concordia Seminary either to join in the politicization of the church and thereby acquiesce to American culture or they will leave the seminary with body, soul, and spirit formed into the meaning and mission of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the wholesome result that evangelical persuasion will predominate in their ministries and in respect for all in the body of Christ.

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Before Nature: A Christian Spiritual Paul Santmire, Beth Hoeltke

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Throughout the book Santmire ties his and the reader’s spiritual journey together with what he calls the “the Trinity Prayer.”

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

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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.

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Blood And Life: Sermons On The Old Testament By Michael Kasting, Francis Rossow

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Kasting’s sermons do more than delight—they are “the power of God for our salvation.” I sometimes quip to my homiletics students, “Anyone can write an occasional good sermon; the trick is to write a good sermon time after time.”

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

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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.

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Mark 1:1–8:26 Concordia Commentary By James Voelz, Jack Kingsbury

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Isagogically, Voelz emphasizes that because a literary approach to the Gospel of Mark takes seriously the story of the narrative as a whole, interpreters ought not feel constrained, as has been and is still the case, to use the text as a “window” to discover matters of history

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Epiphany 4 • 1 Corinthians 8:1–13 • February 1, 2015, Bruce Schuchard

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Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ”

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Epiphany 3 • 1 Corinthians 7:29–31 (32–35) • January 25, 2015, David Schmitt

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Instead, what Paul wants to foster among us today is a conversation about life in Christ and how our joys and our sorrows, our buying and our selling, yes even our marriages and our singleness lead us closer to him.

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Epiphany 2 • 1 Corinthians 6:12–20 • January 18, 2015, Timothy Saleska

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Paul argues against the idea that our physical bodies are of little value and so the way Christians use their bodies is “morally irrelevant.”

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Baptism Of Our Lord • Romans 6:1–11 • January 11, 2015, Jeffrey Oschwald

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The whole world finds itself in need of even more serious considering, evaluating, and repenting in light of the epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Epiphany • Ephesians 3:1–12 • January 4, 2015, Joel Okamoto

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Now, instead of the law separating Jews and Gentiles, God offered salvation apart from works of the law to both Jews and Gentiles.

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Christmas 1 • Galatians 4:4–7 • December 28, 2014, Glenn Nielsen

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This is what the family of God looks like when adopted by our Abba Father because of the Christmas gift named Jesus, and the Holy Spirit forming his fruit in us brothers and sisters.

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Advent 4 • Romans 16:25–27 • December 21, 2014, Benjamin Haupt

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On the final Sunday of Advent, just a few days before the glorious celebration of Christmas, these three verses at the end of the Epistle to the Romans are full of homiletical possibility.

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Advent 3 • 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24 • December 14, 2014, Jeffrey Gibbs

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Paul’s exhortations naturally flow as part of the ending of his letter; they express the ordinary manifestations of the extraordinary Christian life of faith and hope and exhort us to this life.

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Advent 2 • 2 Peter 3:8–14 • December 7, 2014, Jeff Thormodson

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The goal of the sermon is not for the hearer to make time for witnessing and outreach as if it is another thing the baptized must do; rather, witnessing and outreach should happen naturally by how Christians live all the time.

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Advent 1 • 1 Corinthians 1:3–9 • November 30, 2014, David Johnson

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The church becomes that vessel of incarnate grace where we are saturated in baptismal living waters that have claimed, redeemed, and forgiven us.

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

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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.

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Proper 28 • Zephaniah 1:7–16 • November 16, 2014, Andrew Bartelt

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In sum, this is the basic biblical narrative in a nutshell, with the new creation brought about in the presence of King Yahweh incarnate in Jesus, who establishes the new Zion wherever he is present, no longer in the “land” of Judah.

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Proper 27 • Amos 5:18–24 • November 9, 2014, Richard Marrs

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Through Amos, Yahweh roars judgment to the neighboring kingdoms around Judah and Israel.

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Lent 2 • Genesis 12:1–9 • March 16, 2014, Arthur Graudin

Concordia Journal

Lent 1 • Genesis 3:1–21 • March 9, 2014, Henry Rowold

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Transfiguration Sunday • Exodus 24:8–18 • March 2, 2014, Jeffery Gibbs

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Epiphany 7 • Leviticus 19:1–2, 9–18 • February 23, 2014, Timothy Saleska

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Epiphany 6 • Deuteronomy 30:15–20 • February 16, 2014, Robert Weise

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

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Marriage The Divine And Blessed Walk Of Life, Robert Weise

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Dean J. H. C. Fritz And The (Lifelong) Formation Of Pastors, Bruce Hartung

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Christian Counseling The Past Generation And The State Of The Field, Richard Marrs

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Things We Do Not Fully Preach About Preparing To Die, Glenn Nielsen

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A Timely Word From Luther On Recruiting Young Men For Pastoral Ministry, David Peter

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Pedagogy For A Politicized Church, Dale Meyer

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Before Nature: A Christian Spiritual Paul Santmire, Beth Hoeltke

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

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Blood And Life: Sermons On The Old Testament By Michael Kasting, Francis Rossow

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

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Mark 1:1–8:26 Concordia Commentary By James Voelz, Jack Kingsbury

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Epiphany 4 • 1 Corinthians 8:1–13 • February 1, 2015, Bruce Schuchard

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Epiphany 3 • 1 Corinthians 7:29–31 (32–35) • January 25, 2015, David Schmitt

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Epiphany 2 • 1 Corinthians 6:12–20 • January 18, 2015, Timothy Saleska

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Baptism Of Our Lord • Romans 6:1–11 • January 11, 2015, Jeffrey Oschwald

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Epiphany • Ephesians 3:1–12 • January 4, 2015, Joel Okamoto

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Christmas 1 • Galatians 4:4–7 • December 28, 2014, Glenn Nielsen

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Advent 4 • Romans 16:25–27 • December 21, 2014, Benjamin Haupt

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Advent 3 • 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24 • December 14, 2014, Jeffrey Gibbs

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Advent 2 • 2 Peter 3:8–14 • December 7, 2014, Jeff Thormodson

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Advent 1 • 1 Corinthians 1:3–9 • November 30, 2014, David Johnson

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

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Proper 28 • Zephaniah 1:7–16 • November 16, 2014, Andrew Bartelt

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Proper 27 • Amos 5:18–24 • November 9, 2014, Richard Marrs

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