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Lent 1 • Genesis 3:1–21 • March 9, 2014
The Search Begins An initial caution must be sounded about beginning a sermon with Genesis 3. By divine design, Genesis 3 is an inseparable part of a unit (Gn 1–3), and neither…
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Responding to Islam Lecture – March 27, 2014
Dr. Abjar Bahkou to speak on how to understand Muslim objections to Christianity. It will be streamed live at www.csl.edu/live.
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Transfiguration of Our Lord • Exodus 24:8–18 • March 2, 2014
This Old Testament reading for Transfiguration stands as the complement and climax of the covenant ceremony that begins in Exodus 19. In broadest strokes, the text illustrates what it means for the…
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New Calvinism and the News
Putting the “New Calvinism,” and its interest in Luther and Lutherans, in context.
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Preacher’s Studio: Henry Rowold
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. On a semi-regular basis, the homiletics faculty…
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Epiphany 7 • Leviticus 19:1–2, 9–18 • February 23, 2014
Text Notes Verses 1–2: “Holy you will be because holy am I, Yahweh, your God.” The commands in Leviticus 19 pertain to almost every area of Israelite life. By commanding such a…
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New Reformation500 Website
As part of its efforts to commemorate the upcoming 500th anniversary of the Reformation (2017), Concordia Seminary has launched “Reformation500”–a website dedicated to providing reflection and resources on this “Copernican revolution” of…
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Epiphany 6 • Deuteronomy 30:15–20 • February 16, 2014
Choice Is More than Choosing Christians are confronted with many choices in this world of biomedical technology,and a rash of legal decisions has placed life and death decisions in the hands of…
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Epiphany 5 • Isaiah 58:3–9a • February 9, 2014
Who is Really Deceived by our Apparent Goodness? Isaiah makes the case that it is not through empty externals that we please God, but with the sacrifice of our priorities for the…
