• Proper 24 • 2 Timothy 3:14–4:5 • October 20, 2013

    By Andrew Bartelt Exegetical Comments The past two weeks have heard the apostle encourage the “next generation” (1:2) to carry on and carry out the gift of God “delegated” to him (1:6)…

  • Proper 23 • 2 Timothy 2:1–13 • October 13, 2013

    By David L. Adams The Text as Text Several significant translational issues arise near the beginning of this reading. First, the imperative ἐνδυναμοῦ (be empowered), is a present rather than an aorist…

  • What makes a book sacred?

    What makes a book sacred?

    Continued here: What makes a book sacred?

  • Proper 22 • 2 Timothy 1:1–14 • October 6, 2013

    By Travis J. Scholl I am consistently in awe of the poetic beauty, the intimacy, the sincerity of Paul’s second letter to Timothy. The eloquence of the letter makes it so easy…

  • Proper 21 • Revelation 12:7–12 • September 29, 2013

    By David Schmitt On the celebration of St. Michael and All Angels, it would be easy to expand a sermon on this text in Revelation into a larger discussion of angels and…

  • A View of the Gospel From Saturn

    A View of the Gospel From Saturn

    A few weeks ago, the Cassini spacecraft flew by Saturn. As it did so, it turned its cameras back toward earth and and snapped pictures of it just as the Voyager 1…

  • Proper 20 • 1 Timothy 2:1–15 • September 22, 2013

    By Reed Lessing Comments on the Text: The sermon’s focus is on 1 Timothy 2:1–6, thus the comments only pertain to these verses. Verse 1: The apostle’s repeated use of πάντων, “all,”…

  • Light From Above

    Light From Above

    In anticipation of our 175th year at Concordia Seminary, the following prayer from the Gelasian Sacramentary (c. 500) is fitting for us all:

  • An Interview with Max Lucado

    An Interview with Max Lucado

    Max Lucado discusses, among other things, his new book “You’ll Get Through This” with Concordia Seminary Professor David Schmitt.

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