Multi-Ethnic Symposium – January 27-28, 2014
This year’s theme focuses on ethnic communities as “Communities of Hope,” and will also include the Annual Lecture in Hispanic/Latino Theology and Missions
This year’s theme focuses on ethnic communities as “Communities of Hope,” and will also include the Annual Lecture in Hispanic/Latino Theology and Missions
Editor’s Note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, October 2003. By Thomas Manteufel It can be exciting to meet a famous personality. In this Scripture text, God, by the mouth of the prophet Isaiah, introduces someone whom he wants his people to meet. Behold! Look! He calls out in the original Hebrew. See the ..
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Get a sneak peek at the new collection of essays from Concordia Seminary Press
By Dr. Martin R. Noland, Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Evansville, IN Introduction A number of people have contacted me since early December about my opinion of Dr. Jeff Kloha’s stimulating lecture titled “Text and Authority: Theological and Hermeneutical Reflections on a Plastic Text.” I have told them that I needed to read it carefully, and ..
By Wally Becker “Behold the virgin is about to become pregnant and bear a son, and you will call his name Immanuel” (Is 7:14). Unfortunately, the commentary for this part of Isaiah, written by Dr. Andrew Bartelt, that will be part of the CPH Commentary Series, has not yet been published. It should be available in three years, ..
Gerry Bode will present on the 175 year history of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
“The Gospel and Our Common Witness in the Public Square,” an open forum between the LCMS and NALC on December 16, 2013, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Jim Voelz talks about his new, and much anticipated, Mark commentary
Dr. David Cherwien is this year’s clinician for the annual adult choir workshop
The sixth video in a series of FAQs on Luther’s two kinds of righteousness: How can parish pastors make use of the distinction of two kinds of righteousness?
By Francis C. Rossow The tree metaphor with which the text begins is a continuation of the same metaphor introduced at the end of the preceding chapter (Is 10:33–34). There the metaphor is used for law purposes. “The Lord Almighty will lop off the boughs … the lofty trees will be felled” (NIV), and “Lebanon with its majestic ..
Two staff members and one faculty member were installed into new positions during morning chapel on Wednesday, Nov. 13
The fifth video in a series of FAQs on Luther’s two kinds of righteousness: How did the distinction of two kinds of righteousness get revived in our circles?
By Paul Philp A new church year has begun, and the prophet Isaiah gives us a glimpse of the future new creation by focusing us upon the past. Isaiah is prophesying about that which is yet to come in the restoration of the church, begun in Christ’s first advent and yet to be concluded in his second advent. ..
Editor’s Note: The Fall issue of the Concordia Journal is now being distributed to our subscribers. This issue is dedicated to various perspectives on ecumenism and church relations, including an essay by the important Luther scholar and Roman Catholic ecumenist, Fr. Jared Wicks, S.J. Our own Charles Arand provides a helpful introduction, highlighting the timeliness of ..