November 2011
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Proper 29 • Matthew 25:31–46 • November 20, 2011
by Joel Biermann This is a difficult text. Not that it is difficult to understand. In fact, it is altogether too easy to grasp the meaning,…
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The Preacher’s Studio: Dale Meyer
The journey from text to pulpit can be a long and winding road, filled with false starts, surprising discoveries, and hard choices along the way.…
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WDJT?
What Did Jesus Teach? And what does that have to do with Christianity?
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Proper 28 • Matthew 25:14–30 • November 13, 2011
by Wayne E. Schmidt Editor’s Note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, July 1985. Financial institutions spend no little effort to keep the…
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Fall 2011 CONCORDIA JOURNAL sneak peek
Highlights from the Fall 2011 issue of CONCORDIA JOURNAL, due out in early November.
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How Shall We Live?
Seven billion people as of Oct 31, Reformation Day. The world’s population has more than doubled in my lifetime. For that matter, it’s increased three…
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Hearing Robert Putnam on the puzzle of American religion
Last night, Robert Putnam, America’s foremost social scientist, spoke at Wash U about his latest research into the “puzzle” of American religion. Could there perhaps…
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Old Sermons
Ouch.
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Impressions of an Impressionist: Claude Monet at SLAM
For the first time in decades, the three panels of Claude Monet’s masterful Agapanthus triptych are together at the St. Louis Art Museum and the…