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Articles 61 - 90 of 361
Full-Text Articles in Practical Theology
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.
Holy Trinity • Genesis 1:1–2:4a • June 15, 2014, Jason Broge
Holy Trinity • Genesis 1:1–2:4a • June 15, 2014, Jason Broge
Concordia Journal
A close reading of the biblical narrative reveals a stark contrast between the creation account in Genesis 1 and the rest of the Old Testament of God’s feelings towards man.
Pentecost • Numbers 11:24–30 • June 8, 2014, William Wrede
Pentecost • Numbers 11:24–30 • June 8, 2014, William Wrede
Concordia Journal
God did not withhold his hand of blessing to the people of Israel, and he continues to stretch forth his hand, to give us our daily bread, and to give us the gift of his Spirit.
Easter 6 • Acts 17:16–31 • May 25, 2014, Michael Redeker
Easter 6 • Acts 17:16–31 • May 25, 2014, Michael Redeker
Concordia Journal
The true God is not detached and uninterested in humanity, as the philosophers understood the gods to be, but rather God is truly interested and cares for and about creation and all creatures, including humanity.
Easter 5 • Acts 6:1–9; 7:2a, 51–60, Todd Jones
Easter 5 • Acts 6:1–9; 7:2a, 51–60, Todd Jones
Concordia Journal
This text challenges us to let grace define our witness; grace that speaks the truth in love, and grace that sows the seeds of forgiveness.
Telling God’S Story, David Schmitt
Telling God’S Story, David Schmitt
Concordia Journal
Telling God’s Story In Telling God’s Story: Narrative Preaching for Christian Formation, John Wright examines the tensions that arise as Christians retell the biblical story in the American culture.
“A Gospel-Based Budgeting Of Theology’S Resources”, Dale Meyer
“A Gospel-Based Budgeting Of Theology’S Resources”, Dale Meyer
Concordia Journal
“Lead with the gospel” does, and that is our focus as we offer you our faculty’s time, learning, and energies for your ministry.
Implications Of Brain Research For The Church:What It Means For Theology And Ministry By Allen Nauss, Bruce Hartung
Implications Of Brain Research For The Church:What It Means For Theology And Ministry By Allen Nauss, Bruce Hartung
Concordia Journal
It is certainly true that “seminaries and the church’s clergy in the field can certainly become more effective in their ministry as they combine emotion with cognition, work to balance the activity of both hemispheres, become aware of their biases and the virtues of Christ’s model, develop their empathy, translate their theology into meaning, and apply it in their worship and their lives”
Easter 2 • Acts 5:29–42 • April 27, 2014, David Wollenburg
Easter 2 • Acts 5:29–42 • April 27, 2014, David Wollenburg
Concordia Journal
That is good and proper, but on the second Sunday of Easter that really is not the emphasis. Rather this is a call, on this and every day, to be witnesses to Christ’s resurrection, his enthronement at the right hand of God, and the gift of repentance and forgiveness of sins which he gives.
Palm Sunday • Isaiah 50:4–9a • April 13, 2014, Glenn Nielsen
Palm Sunday • Isaiah 50:4–9a • April 13, 2014, Glenn Nielsen
Concordia Journal
After describing what Jesus will go through, the sermon retells how Peter answers correctly Jesus’s question about whom the disciples say he is only to be quickly told to get behind Jesus when he tries to stop Jesus from going to Jerusalem.
Lent 3 • Exodus 17:1–7 • March 23, 2014, Benjamin Haupt
Lent 3 • Exodus 17:1–7 • March 23, 2014, Benjamin Haupt
Concordia Journal
Like the people of Israel, Satan will seek to draw them too into complaining, murmuring, and unbelief. Urge your hearers not to be like the people of Israel or like any of those who have gone before us
Lent 2 • Genesis 12:1–9 • March 16, 2014, Arthur Graudin
Lent 2 • Genesis 12:1–9 • March 16, 2014, Arthur Graudin
Concordia Journal
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.”
Lent 1 • Genesis 3:1–21 • March 9, 2014, Henry Rowold
Lent 1 • Genesis 3:1–21 • March 9, 2014, Henry Rowold
Concordia Journal
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.
Epiphany 6 • Deuteronomy 30:15–20 • February 16, 2014, Robert Weise
Epiphany 6 • Deuteronomy 30:15–20 • February 16, 2014, Robert Weise
Concordia Journal
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.
Marriage The Divine And Blessed Walk Of Life, Robert Weise
Marriage The Divine And Blessed Walk Of Life, Robert Weise
Concordia Journal
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.
Dean J. H. C. Fritz And The (Lifelong) Formation Of Pastors, Bruce Hartung
Dean J. H. C. Fritz And The (Lifelong) Formation Of Pastors, Bruce Hartung
Concordia Journal
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.
Christian Counseling The Past Generation And The State Of The Field, Richard Marrs
Christian Counseling The Past Generation And The State Of The Field, Richard Marrs
Concordia Journal
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.”
Things We Do Not Fully Preach About Preparing To Die, Glenn Nielsen
Things We Do Not Fully Preach About Preparing To Die, Glenn Nielsen
Concordia Journal
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.