• Steven Ozment to lecture on Luther and Cranach

    Steven Ozment to lecture on Luther and Cranach

    The third Reformation500 annual speaker series at Concordia Seminary will feature Steven Ozment, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University. This year the Reformation500 event will be held on Friday…

  • Blood Moon Lunacy

    Blood Moon Lunacy

    As if you didn’t have enough to worry about with your taxes due on April 15….

  • Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther’s Theology Appears

    Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther’s Theology Appears

    Oxford University Press has published (April 2014) The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther’s Theology, in its series of “Handbooks” to aid study of a wide variety of subjects.  Editors of this Handbook…

  • Easter Sunday • Acts 10:34–43 • April 20, 2014

    By Joel P. Okamoto In this pericope, Peter portrays Christ’s resurrection as God’s vindication of his identity and his work. In the resurrection, God gives assurance that Jesus is Lord and the judge of…

  • Innocent Suffering: A Lenten Thought

    Innocent Suffering: A Lenten Thought

    In the piety of Lenten self-reflection, the confession of our sin holds a prominent place. Especially for Lutherans who recognize that, as simul iustus et peccator, our confession of sin is comprehensive. The words…

  • Luther, Laity, and … Lego

    Luther, Laity, and … Lego

    A review of the Lego Movie as embodiment of Reformation theology….

  • Palm Sunday • Isaiah 50:4–9a • April 13, 2014

    This sermon was prepared for Grace Lutheran Chapel in Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri. It makes use of various pictures of Jesus’ face from the church and school. The approach combines verses from the text with…

  • The rise and fall (and rise again?) of American denominations

    The rise and fall (and rise again?) of American denominations

    Read more from the original source: The rise and fall (and rise again?) of American denominations

  • Lent 5 • Ezekiel 37:1–14 • April 6, 2014

    By Andrew H. Bartelt On this Sunday before Passion Week, both Ezekiel 37 and John 11 (the gospel reading) anticipate Easter; even if not there yet we know where we are headed. Within…

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