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Spring 2011 CONCORDIA JOURNAL sneak peek
Check out the Spring 2011 CONCORDIA JOURNAL, with an excerpt from David Schmitt’s tour-de-force on “the tapestry of preaching.”
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Proper 13 • Matthew 14:13–21 • July 31, 2011
By Henry Rowold “Feed Them!” As happens regularly in Scripture, this pericope is so rich that it can evoke an entire series of sermons, without…
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Proper 12 • Matthew 13:44–52 • July 24, 2011
By Robert Weise Parables of Assurance and Hope I would suggest that the best reference for studying the context of these three parables that “assure them…
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Proper 11 • Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 • July 17, 2011
By Travis J. Scholl Consider this act two in the grand dramatic entrance of the parables into the Gospel of Matthew and the Matthean lectionary, the…
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Proper 10 • Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23 • July 10, 2011
By Francis C. Rossow From childhood on we’ve known the scriptural truth that hearing affects living. Only the word of God can create faith in our…
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Proper 9 • Matthew 11:25–30 • July 3, 2011
By Paul Philp Jesus has just concluded speaking words of woe upon the cities where the response to his proclamation among them was ignored and rejected.…
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Proper 8 • Matthew 10:34–42 • June 26, 2011
By David Peter Liturgical Context This text is appointed for this date simply because it falls in the sequence of the lectio continua for the gospel…
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Holy Trinity • Matthew 28:16–20 • June 19, 2011
By Jeffrey A. Oschwald Trinity Sunday is “the celebration of the richness of the being of God . . . the occasion of a thankful review…