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Negotiating Identity: Exploring Tensions Between Being Hakka And Being Christian In Northwestern Taiwan, Henry Rowold Sep 2015

Negotiating Identity: Exploring Tensions Between Being Hakka And Being Christian In Northwestern Taiwan, Henry Rowold

Concordia Journal

Christofferson speaks of the Hakka people, he prefers more malleable descriptors such as “being Hakka” or “doing things in the Hakka way.” This, in turn, expresses the frustration Christofferson felt in his own ministry, working hard for fluency in the Hakka language, but discovering that not all of the Hakka he was speaking to were as comfortable in, or even loyal to, the ancestral language.

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Proper 13 • Ephesians 4:1–16 • August 2, 2015, Richard Marrs Sep 2015

Proper 13 • Ephesians 4:1–16 • August 2, 2015, Richard Marrs

Concordia Journal

Just as your hands and your knees are gifts to you, gifts from God, so are the people around you gifts from God.

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Proper 12 • Ephesians 3:14–21 • July 26, 2015, Benjamin Haupt Sep 2015

Proper 12 • Ephesians 3:14–21 • July 26, 2015, Benjamin Haupt

Concordia Journal

Paul is praying that the Ephesian Christians will be able to see the blueprints, so to speak, for the new church construction project, that is the building project of the church of God, the body of Christ.

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Proper 8 • 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; 13–15 • June 28, 2015, Glenn Nielsen Sep 2015

Proper 8 • 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; 13–15 • June 28, 2015, Glenn Nielsen

Concordia Journal

In the sermon, besides the gospel motivation, appeals are made to the positive examples of other believers, and the call is to excel in generosity.

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Proper 6 • 2 Corinthians 5:1–10 (11–17) • June 14, 2015, Daniel Eggold Sep 2015

Proper 6 • 2 Corinthians 5:1–10 (11–17) • June 14, 2015, Daniel Eggold

Concordia Journal

This God-given, Spirit-driven longing to have our perishable bodies replaced by something permanent is evidence that full communion with the Father is possible through Jesus Christ who died for all.

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Proper 5 • 2 Corinthians 4:13–5:1 • June 7, 2015, Michael Redeker Sep 2015

Proper 5 • 2 Corinthians 4:13–5:1 • June 7, 2015, Michael Redeker

Concordia Journal

Today’s epistle focuses on the Spirit as he works in the life of the believer to keep the Christian in the faith by giving a new set of glasses through which to live out life in dual realities.

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More Lively Participation, Dale Meyer Sep 2015

More Lively Participation, Dale Meyer

Concordia Journal

The present impartial judgment of God should drive us to fear God during our sojourn to heaven because our conduct and being is sinful, but we are awed because God is the Father who gives us our only hope of salvation, Jesus.

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Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking The Faith From The Ground Up. By Simon Chan, Henry Rowold Sep 2015

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.”

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Easter 5 • 1 John 4:1–11 (12–21) • May 3, 2015, Mark Rockenbach Sep 2015

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.

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Easter 2 • 1 John 1:1–2:2 • April 12, 2015 Drawn Into God’S Fellowship, Henry Rowold Sep 2015

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.

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The Resurrection Of Our Lord • 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 • April 5, 2015 The Occasion For Paul’S Words, David Peter Sep 2015

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.

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Palm Sunday • Philippians 2:5–11 • March 29, 2015, Todd Jones Sep 2015

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.

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Lent 4 • Ephesians 2:1–10 • March 15, 2015, Wally Becker Sep 2015

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.

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Lent 3 • 1 Corinthians 1:18–31 • March 8, 2015 The Word Of The Cross, Wayne Knolhoff Sep 2015

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.

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Talking To Jesus, Dale Meyer Sep 2015

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.

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Advent 2 • Isaiah 11:1–10 • December 8, 2013, Francis Rossow Sep 2015

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.

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Proper 29 • Colossians 1:13–20 • November 24, 2013, Bruce Hartung Sep 2015

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.

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Proper 28 • 2 Thessalonians 3:(1–5) 6–13 • November 17, 2013, Richard Marrs Sep 2015

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.

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Light From Above, Laser Our Hearts, Dale Meyer Sep 2015

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.

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A Lighthearted Book Of Common Errors. By Don Hoeferkamp, Francis Rossow Sep 2015

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.

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My Bright Abyss: Meditation Of A Modern Believer. By Christian Wiman, Travis Scholl Sep 2015

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.

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Proper 13 • Isaiah 55:1–5 • August 3, 2014, David Schmitt Sep 2015

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.

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Proper 11 • Isaiah 44:6–8 • July 20, 2014, Tony Cook Sep 2015

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.

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Proper 9 • Zechariah 9:9–12 • July 6, 2014, David Peter Sep 2015

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.

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Holy Trinity • Genesis 1:1–2:4a • June 15, 2014, Jason Broge Sep 2015

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.

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Pentecost • Numbers 11:24–30 • June 8, 2014, William Wrede Sep 2015

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.

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Easter 6 • Acts 17:16–31 • May 25, 2014, Michael Redeker Sep 2015

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.

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Easter 5 • Acts 6:1–9; 7:2a, 51–60, Todd Jones Sep 2015

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.

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Telling God’S Story, David Schmitt Sep 2015

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.

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“A Gospel-Based Budgeting Of Theology’S Resources”, Dale Meyer Sep 2015

“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.

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