Acts 13:26-33
Chapel Sermon by Robert Kolb from Acts 13:26-33 on Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Proper 13 • Isaiah 55:1–5 • August 3, 2014
By David Schmitt In 1538, the Dance of Death made its way into the Bible. In their printing of the Old Testament, the Treschel Brothers included Life after the Fall, a woodcut by Hans Holbein. In his woodcut, Holbein pictured Adam and Eve both involved in postlapsarian labor. Adam is tilling the ground and Eve is nursing a child. ..
Proper 7 • Jeremiah 20:7–13 • June 22, 2014
By Victor Raj Conflicting Messages On this day the church in worship ponders God’s “unfailing love” (gradual) and “never-failing providence” (collect). The church prays to God to put away from her all hurtful things and provide for her all things profitable. As in the prophetic words of Jeremiah, in Matthew 10 our Lord’s words ring true that the ..
Concordia Seminary Response to the SMP Task Force Report
Editor’s Note: President Dale Meyer requested the faculty of Concordia Seminary to study the “Specific Ministry Program Task Force Report,” release in March 0f 2013 and available in the 2013 LCMS Convention Workbook, p. 403. The following document is the result of this study, which was sent to the District Presidents of the LCMS. Pres. ..
Easter 3 • Revelation 5:1–14 • April 14, 2013
By Victor Raj Preliminary Considerations For a serious study of our text there is no better place to turn than Professor Louis Brighton’s commentary Revelation.[1] Readers are encouraged to consult it. This text and the other appointed lessons (Acts 9:1–22; Psalm 30) for this day focus on the theme, “The Big Picture.” Notes on the ..
Rethinking “Ministry and Congregation”
Thinking along with Hermann Sasse
016.Acts 13:13-26
Acts 13:13-26 Paul speaks t in the synagogue in Antioch and shows how the history of Israel and the mission of John the Baptist were pointing towards Christ
Easter 6 • Acts 10:34–48 • May 13, 2012
By James W. Voelz Introduction Perhaps the most critical issue for the early church was the matter of Jews and non-Jews/Gentiles. First and foremost: Did non-Jews have full access to the salvation of God in Jesus Christ? Second and more practically important: If non-Jews are full heirs of the promise to Abraham in Christ, how ..
Historical For You, Not Wishful Thinking – An Easter Devotion
Acts 10:40-41 A Devotion for Easter Season 2010 Paul R. Raabe “This one God raised on the third day and gave him to become manifest, not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.” Christianity is ..
Acts 13-15
The first Missionary Journey of Paul and the debate over circumcision and the decision about how Gentiles should live
Acts 13:26-33
Chapel Sermon by Michael Redecker from Acts 13:26-33 on Thursday, April 4, 2002
Acts 13:42-52
Chapel Sermon by Rudolph Blank from Acts 13:42-52 on Monday, May 11, 1998
Acts 13:15-16a, 26-33
Chapel Sermon by Robert Rosin from Acts 13:15-16a, 26-33 on Monday, May 4, 1998