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Advent 2 • 2 Peter 3:8–14 • December 7, 2014
By Jeff Thormodson The seven verses just preceding our text describe a cultural milieu that seriously doubts the existence of God or a literal judgment day. This first century attitude fits the current context…
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Advent 1 • 1 Corinthians 1:3–9 • November 30, 2014
By David A. Johnson The church journeys into Advent, anticipating renewal in the vital proclamation of Jesus’s incarnation—embodied grace in the embryo of a woman’s womb. The church becomes that vessel of incarnate grace where…
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Winter Lay Bible Institute – Sat, January 17, 2015
Prof. Joel Elowsky will present on “Where Eagles Soar: Reading the Gospel of John with the Early Church Fathers.”
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In Memoriam: “Tutor” Glen Zweck
On November 5 of this year, Rev. Glen Zweck, longtime tutor at Westfield House in Cambridge, fell asleep in Christ Jesus. Tutor Zweck was a beloved teacher at the ELCE (Evangelical Lutheran Church of…
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Proper 20 • Ezekiel 34:11–16; 20–24 • November 23, 2014
By Timothy Dost God Protects and Heals His Flock When faced with the fall of Jerusalem, Ezekiel describes the judgment on those shepherds responsible and the reasons for the fall. In our passage…
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Pro Re Theologica et Salute Fratrum: Luther as Reformer of Pastoral Care
Another Reformation Day has come and gone. Each year the day gives us occasion to reflect on the significance of the upheavals of the Sixteenth Century—upheavals that changed the religious, social, and…
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Concordia Seminary receives “Science for Seminaries” grant
Funding will support special program to explore significance of science in pastoral ministry.
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Eschatology and the Islamic State
Reflecting on ISIL, theology, and a lecture by Timothy Furnish.
