The Good Shepherd
Who could be confused or offended at the Good Shepherd?
Keeping up with your languages doesn’t have to be tedious. Many regular readers of ConcordiaTheology.org already know and use tools for maintaining the edge on their biblical Greek and Hebrew (and if you don’t, just click over to The Lectionary at Lunch and subscribe to the podcast). But what about your German? Well, let me ..
By Mark Rockenbach We have done no act of love, at any time, in any way to God (Is 53:6, Rom 3:10-12, 1 Jn 4:10). The love between us and God began with God and not with us. For the narcissist this might be difficult to accept. But consider what it means to be narcissistic: ..
What the Grand Canyon shows us about Christ’s resurrection…and ours
By Victor Raj Preliminary Considerations Placed midway between Easter and Pentecost, the appointed lessons for the fourth Sunday of Easter cumulatively call for a resurrection living for the Christian faithful in this world. Together, they are an exhortation for the baptized toward the demonstration of God’s righteousness in their daily living as they engage the world ..
Dr. David Maxwell, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Graduate School at Concordia Seminary, recently published the second volume of his translation of Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on John. The first volume was published in 2013. From the book description: Cyril of Alexandria (ca. 378-444), one of the most brilliant representatives of ..
A forum for understanding how Muslims see Jesus’ death and resurrection differently from Christians
Robert Kolb remembers the life of renowned Swedish church historian Bengt Hägglund
Jumping ahead of the Easter season (when the first reading is taken from Acts), Prof. Bill Carr discusses the Old Testament pericope for the Day of Pentecost, in the Year B lectionary
Prof. Bill Carr discusses the Old Testament pericope for the Resurrection of Our Lord (Easter), in the Year B lectionary
by Paul R. Raabe During the Easter season the epistle lessons come from 1 John. The epistle lesson appointed for the third Sunday of Easter is 1 John 3:1–7. Here is the helpful translation and lineation given by Bruce Schuchard in his commentary on the Johannine Epistles: See what kind of love the Father has given us, that ..
Robert Kolb talks about the new German edition of the Book of Concord