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 ..

Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday


Palm Sunday

Spark your thoughts for March 24, 2024! Tune in to “Lectionary Kick-start” for a discussion about the texts for Palm Sunday

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 ..

Battle of the Soul – Dr. Michael Fieberkorn and Dr. Joel Biermann

Battle of the Soul – Dr. Michael Fieberkorn and Dr. Joel Biermann


Battle of the Soul – Dr. Michael Fieberkorn and Dr. Joel Biermann

Dr. Michael Fieberkorn’s new book “Battle of the Soul: Luther Reforms Vice and Virtue” explores our perception of sin and our role in developing virtue. “We don’t need to be afraid that we’re selling out our Lutheran faith tradition…the more seriously you take sin, the more seriously you need to take the reality that Christ said it is finished.” Dr. Michael Fieberkorn

Concordia Journal Winter 2024

Concordia Journal Winter 2024


Concordia Journal Winter 2024

Browse the interactive version above or download this issue as a pdf. The full catalog of back issues of the Concordia Journal (1975-present), along with the indexed volumes of its predecessor Concordia Theological Monthly (1949-1974), are available online at AtlaSerials® (Atlas®). Atlas is an online full-text collection of major religion and theology journals used by libraries, librarians, scholars, theologians, clergy, ..

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 ..