Lutheran Theology: Direct the Passions

Lutheran Theology: Direct the Passions


Lutheran Theology: Direct the Passions

This is part five in a series of posts by Dr. David Maxwell. The first was “What Should You Do With Anger and Desire?” The second was “Gregory of Nyssa: Direct the Passions.” The third was “Cyril of Alexandria: Lull Your Passions to Sleep.” The fourth was “Lutheran Theology: Kill Your Passions.” I said in the last post that I ..

Lutheran Theology: Kill Your Passions

Lutheran Theology: Kill Your Passions


Lutheran Theology: Kill Your Passions

This is part four in a series of posts by Dr. David Maxwell. The first was “What Should You Do With Anger and Desire?” The second was “Gregory of Nyssa: Direct the Passions.” The third was “Cyril of Alexandria: Lull Your Passions to Sleep.” My sense is that Lutheran spirituality leans more in the Stoic ..

Gregory of Nyssa: Direct the Passions

Gregory of Nyssa: Direct the Passions


Gregory of Nyssa: Direct the Passions

This is part two of a series of posts from Dr. David Maxwell. The first post was “What Should You Do With Anger and Desire?”  Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Soul and the Resurrection is a treatise that demonstrates what a Platonic spirituality of the passions looks like when Christians adopt it. The dialogue is ..

Book Blurbs: Paul Raabe, Isaiah 13-27

Book Blurbs: Paul Raabe, Isaiah 13-27


Book Blurbs: Paul Raabe, Isaiah 13-27

Concordia Seminary’s Dean of Theological Research and Publication Dr. Kevin Golden sits down with Professor Emeritus Dr. Paul Raabe to discuss Raabe’s newly published book in the Concordia Commentary Series, Isaiah 13-27 (Concordia Publishing House, 2023), in this Concordia Journal Book Blurbs segment. “It’s profound theology, even in these chapters,” Raabe says. “These chapters are ..

Book Blurbs: James W. Voelz, Principles of Biblical Interpretation for Everyone

Book Blurbs: James W. Voelz, Principles of Biblical Interpretation for Everyone


Book Blurbs: James W. Voelz, Principles of Biblical Interpretation for Everyone

Concordia Seminary’s Dean of Theological Research and Publication Dr. Kevin Golden talks with Graduate Professor of Exegetical Theology Dr. James W. Voelz about his recent book, Principles of Biblical Interpretation for Everyone (Concordia Seminary Press, 2023), in this Concordia Journal Book Blurbs segment. Voelz has designed this inventive text for lay people who are intensely ..

Book Blurbs: Robert Kolb, Face to Face

Book Blurbs: Robert Kolb, Face to Face


Book Blurbs: Robert Kolb, Face to Face

Concordia Seminary’s Dean of Theological Research and Publication Dr. Kevin Golden chats with Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert Kolb about his forthcoming book, Face to Face: Martin Luther’s View of Reality (Fortress Press, 2024), in this Concordia Journal Book Blurbs segment. The book provides an overview of Luther’s thought proceeds from the perspective of his use ..

Doce me!

Doce me!


Doce me!

Over seventy years ago, Martin Franzmann blessed the Church with an article entitled “The Marks of the Theologian” found within the February 1953 edition of Concordia Theological Monthly. The article is comprised of a series of three chapel addresses delivered at Concordia Seminary-St. Louis. Theologians are called to be fools, children, and slaves. None of ..

How Much Dignity Does a Maggot-sack Have?

How Much Dignity Does a Maggot-sack Have?


How Much Dignity Does a Maggot-sack Have?

The following paper was delivered by Dr. Joel Biermann at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society on November 14, 2023. There are few foundational axioms as pervasive and powerful as the declaration of human dignity and the corresponding affirmation of inherent human rights. The charter of the United Nations exemplifies this thinking as ..

Two Future Trends in Biblical Scholarship

Two Future Trends in Biblical Scholarship


Two Future Trends in Biblical Scholarship

Dr. Paul Raabe explores the current trends in biblical scholarship and how the church should respond. “The next generation of biblical scholars is not doing “source-form-redaction criticism”…scholars are now following what is called a “synchronic” approach, taking the biblical texts as they stand in a more holistic way.”