Articles
Articles written by the faculty and staff of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
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Holy Texts, Human Hands
The Boston Globe is reporting on the near-completion of a critical edition of the Koran. To those of us who have a different holy book…
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How one seminary celebrated Earth Day
Getting ready to plant 75 trees at Concordia Seminary. Credit: Diane Meyer/Respublica “Christ is risen! Christ will come again! Let’s go plant some trees!” Which…
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Earth Day—40 Years
I was finishing eighth grade and getting ready for confirmation when the first earth day was celebrated in 1970. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin helped…
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Earth Day: together with all creatures
I blog elsewhere about the adventures (and misadventures) of trying my hand with a small hobby farm. Most of the time, the joys and struggles of…
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When I Was a Seminary Student … Additional Reflections
Andy Bartelt, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Concordia Seminary, sent me a long e-mail commenting on my post on seminary pedagogy. Rather than inserting…
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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,…
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“The Hermeneutical Naiveté of the Supreme Court”
Jim Voelz makes a case for the hermeneutical naivete – past and present – of the U.S. Supreme Court, in a reprint from Concordia Journal.
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History as Fad
Japanese pop culture has profoundly affected America. You probably recognize the words anime and manga, and you might even know that otaku (nerd or geek)…
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A Groaning Creation…
On Easter, we Christians celebrated the bursting forth of the new creation in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The restoration of creation has begun with…