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Pentecost • John 7:37–39 • June 12, 2011
By R. Reed Lessing “The Fly-Over Lands of our Lives” John’s Use of Water Our Lord’s turning water into wine at the Cana wedding (Jn 2:1–11) makes Jesus the focal point of water…
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Easter 7 • John 17:1–11 • June 5, 2011
By William W. Schumacher In the Heidelberg Disputation (1518), Martin Luther drew a stark contrast between a “theologian of glory” and a “theologian of the cross,” and that distinction may still make a…
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Easter 6 • John 14:15–21 • May 29, 2011
Textual Considerations John 14:1–14 serves as the gospel for the previous Sunday, the fifth Sunday of Easter. While John 14:15–21 is the gospel for the sixth Sunday of Easter, the words of…
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Easter 5 • John 14:1–11 • May 22, 2011
by Charles Arand “And That’s the Rest of the Story” [This text provides an excellent opportunity for instruction on the Trinity. The following provides a potential pattern for how the sermon could…
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Easter 4 • John 10:1–10 • May 15, 2011
By Joel P. Okamoto Notes on the pericope This pericope consists of a paroimia (“parable” or “figure” or “illustration”) and part of Jesus’s explanation. The parable follows an exchange recorded in chapter…
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Easter 3 • Luke 24:13–35 • May 8, 2011
By Travis J. Scholl Does it strike anyone else as odd that the three-year lectionary assigns this classic Lucan text in every year but year C, the “year of Luke”? Nevertheless, here…
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William and Kate, Alabama, and the NFL: One of these things is not (un)like the other?
No, I did not get up early to watch Will and Kate tie the knot. But, to ask the age-old Sesame Street question, is one of things not like the others?
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Award-Winning Seminarian Essays
Two CSL students recently had essays recognized and published. The online journal Let’s Talk states their goal as follows: The mission of this journal is to encourage theological reflection, writing and dialogue…
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Remembering forgotten truth: Tom Troeger on preaching
Renowned preacher, scholar, and hymnwriter Thomas Troeger will keynote the ninth annual Day of Homiletical Reflection at Concordia Seminary, May 11, 2011, 9:00am to 4:15pm.
