Lutheran Churches charged with Anti-Semitism

Lutheran Churches charged with Anti-Semitism


Lutheran Churches charged with Anti-Semitism

According to JNS News (8/17/2016), Special Envoy to the United Nations Laurie Cardoza-Moore criticized the ELCA’s resolution that the U.S. stop giving military aid to Israel.  She said, “The Lutheran Church’s decision to single out the Jewish State for rebuke is nothing short of anti-Semitic heresy based on its anti-Semitic roots.  It would seem that ..


Proper 15 • Luke 12:49–53 (54–56) • August 14, 2016


Proper 15 • Luke 12:49–53 (54–56) • August 14, 2016

Jeffrey A. Oschwald As if the themes of this Gospel weren’t challenge enough, two significant exegetical/translational questions must also be addressed. Luke 12:49b is “a passage of well-known difficulty, the translation of which remains doubtful.”1 Just presents the case for the translation “How I wish that it were already kindled,” but the parallels are not ..