-
Ten year-old Dutch prodigy to play Concordia Seminary’s carillon bells
Luther Tower, home to Concordia’s landmark carillon TOMORROW (Wednesday, Aug 12) at 7:00PM, Jacob Bodden, a 10 year-old boy from Amersfoort, Holland, will give a…
-
Proper 14 · John 6:35-51 · August 9, 2009
By Joel Okamoto Notes on the text 1. This passage is an excerpt from Christ’s “Bread of Life” discourse, and forms the middle section of a…
-
Proper 13 · John 6:22-35 · August 2, 2009
By David I. Lewis Literary Context Today’s Gospel is the first of a series of three lessons taken from the so called “Bread of Life…
-
Proper 12 · Mark 6:45-52 · July 26, 2009
By David Peter Exegetical Analysis and Homiletical Treatment: This text is conducive to the development of a sermon which is constructed inductively. This is not…
-
Proper 11 · Mark 6:30-44 · July 19, 2009
By James Voelz The Feeding of the 5000 I. Introduction: This pericope occurs within the critical events of chapter 6 of Mark. The chapter begins with…
-
The most trusted man in America
Photo credit: Evan Agostini, AP I’m watching the television tributes to the original news anchorman, Walter Cronkite. Growing up, the “CBS Evening News with Walter…
-
Proper 10 · Mark 6:14-29 · July 12, 2009
By Joel P. Okamoto Notes on the pericope One who wants to preach on the basis of this passage should recognize (as the lectionary does…
-
Faith and Creative Writing
That’s the title of a summer workshop I will be leading later this month (July 27-29) at Concordia Seminary. It’s a topic I’ve studied, talked,…
-
Proper 9 · Mark 6:1-13 · July 5, 2009
By Travis J. Scholl Here we are at the first week of July—Fourth of July weekend no less!—and the Gospel of Mark gives us no…
Are you interested in serving the church?
Or do you know someone who is?