Articles
Articles written by the faculty and staff of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
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Textual Presence and Sermon Preparation: A Visual Feast
This past Thanksgiving, we were watching The King’s Speech and someone sat on the DVD remote. The screen froze. And in the midst of the…
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When social capital trumps theology
Robert Putnam’s substantive findings on religion and civic engagement give us more than enough food for thought.
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Whooping Cranes
Peter Mathieson, in his book, Birds of Heaven, made the comment that one “one way to grasp the main perspectives of environment and biodiversity is…
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Veni, veni
And do it soon, please.
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Epiphany 3 • Jonah 3:1–5, 10 • January 22, 2012
by Bruce Schuchard “Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying, ‘Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call…
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The Bible as literature: how a book transforms time and space
In preparing for a class on “The Bible as Literature,” I discovered again how time and space are transformed by one written word.
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Can religion and politics make us more civil?
E.J. Dionne raised the question at a recent lecture at nearby Washington University. Perhaps the better question to ask is this: Can I love my…
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Visualizing the Anthropocene
In the last post, I mentioned a few examples of human influence on earth that have prompted many to now speak of the Anthropocene Epoch,…
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Compassion, Mercy, and Diakonia
What happens when we use the term “mercy” to describe our actions toward our neighbor or the church’s orientation to the world?