Race, Ethnicity, and the Gospel

Editor’s note: this collection of video, audio, and print resources is curated from Concordia Seminary’s Scholar archive (https://scholar.csl.edu). These open-access resources are free for congregations, ministries, and individuals to use for further reflection, study, and conversation.

Sermons

Matthew 15:31-46
Bruce Hartung

Mark 8:27-35
Victor Belton

1 Corinthians 7:29-35
David Schmitt
Note: this was the first MLK Day after the police killing of Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.

1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Leo Sanchez
Temples of the Holy Spirit

Presentations

Doing Justice: Paradoxical and Doxological Dimensions
John Nunes

Lutherans and Justice: A History of Quietism or Activism?
Kathryn Galchutt

Freedom of a Christian: Lutheran Contributions to Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Social Justice
John Witte Jr.

Note: the three presentations above come from the 2012 Theological Symposium, “Doing Justice: The Church’s Faith in Action” (scholar.csl.edu/theo/2012/). Papers from this Symposium were published in the Summer 2013 issue of the Concordia Journal, available to alumni and subscribers through the Atlas database.

A Commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.
Kaye Wolff, Kou Seying, John Loum, Eustolio Gomez, Allan Buckman, et al.

Diversity and Unity in a Multicultural Church
Kou Seying

Perspectives from the Field II
Victor Belton

Personal Perspectives from Ethnic Communities
Donald Anthony

Perspective from the Field “Spiritual DNA for a Multiethnic Church: 101”
Chris Bodley

Personal Perspectives from Ethnic Communities: African-American
Melvin Butts

Expressions of Hope, Part 2
Dien Taylor