First Sunday in Lent
Spark your thoughts for February 18, 2024! Tune in to “Lectionary Kick-start” for a discussion about the texts for the first Sunday in Lent
FIVE THINGS NEW TESTAMENT TRANSLATIONS DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW
“Why do we teach Greek and Hebrew at the seminary? Don’t we already have good translations of the Bible?” … We don’t teach Greek and Hebrew so that the students can produce their own translations of the Bible, but so that they can understand the decisions that the translators have made on their behalf
“What Can We Learn from Them?”
Dale Meyer and Larry Rast on the global future of seminaries and theological education
A Few Reflections on Creation in Genesis 1
…in light of the evangelical creationism debates
A Travel Guide to the Evangelical Creation Debates: What is Evolutionary Creationism?
Exploring the most recent creationist movement in American Evangelicalism
A Travel Guide to the Evangelical Creation Debates: What is Young Earth Creationism?
Exploring the creationist movement that arose in the mid-20th century
Is God Transgender? It Helps to Know Hebrew
In all the discussion and debate over transgender issues, let’s at least get facts right
Easter 2 • John 20:19–31 • April 3, 2016
By David Maxwell The Breath of God “[Jesus] breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld” (Jn 20:22–23). This is not the first time that God breathed on human beings. By breathing ..
Genesis 2:18-25
Chapel Sermon by Timothy Dost from Genesis 2:18-25 on Monday, October 5, 2015
Genesis 28:10-22
Chapel Sermon by Larry Vogel from Genesis 28:10-22 on Thursday, January 15, 2015
Proper 12 • Deuteronomy 7:6-9 • July 27, 2014
Editor’s Note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, January 1984. By Thomas Manteufel According to the context of this pericope, Israel was to have no fellowship or covenant with the heathen. She was to war against their blasphemous religion. In a similar way, Christians of the New Testament are to distance themselves from the ..
Lent 5 • Ezekiel 37:1–14 • April 6, 2014
By Andrew H. Bartelt On this Sunday before Passion Week, both Ezekiel 37 and John 11 (the gospel reading) anticipate Easter; even if not there yet we know where we are headed. Within the context of Ezekiel, the end has already come with the fall of Jerusalem reported in 33:21. The prophet’s own speech is raised from ..
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) as one of Paul’s dearest and most trusted co-workers in ministry, keeping and proclaiming the “pattern of sound words” (1:13) and confession of ..
Genesis 2:18-25 1
Genesis 2:18-25 is appointed for Proper 22, Series B. God completes and provides for His creation. His has created us to live in relationship to Him and to one another
Genesis 2:18-25
Genesis 2:18-25 is appointed for Proper 22, Series B. There was a perfect order (marriage and vocation) in creation, but it was turned on its head in the Fall
Genesis 2:18-25 1
Chapel Sermon by Thomas Egger from Genesis 2:18-25 1 on Thursday, October 4, 2012