Articles
Articles written by the faculty and staff of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
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Lenten video series
During the season of Lent, church workers encourage their community to bring penitent hearts to the Lord. We plan Wednesday night services, rehearse special music,…
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Solum Verbum
Dr. Bruce Schuchard, Professor of Exegetical Theology, presented the latest Lay Bible Institute with the theme Solum Verbum: What Word Alone Can Do in the…
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Praying Together For Life
“Life issues” today are highly contentious. So much so that many caring Christians struggle to think about, talk about, or respond to them in loving…
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The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
We were talking about religion and politics at lunch one day. The rise of Christian nationalism in the United States. The role of the church…
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Cleopatra: A Life
In Cleopatra: A Life, Stacy Schiff, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, has written a biography that not only informed me about one of history’s most…
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Hosea’s Shocking Language & The Shock of the Gospel
I have a love-hate relationship with the editorial assistant built into word processors. I appreciate that such assistants will point out my bad habits (most…
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My Ántonia
The celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth century novelist Willa Cather wrote a trilogy of novels that focus on life on the Nebraska prairie: O Pioneers, My Ántonia, and…
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Ponte Luterano
A formula like “Global Evangelicalism” is obviously expansive enough to include virtually any topic one may choose. But when I heard the theme and considered…
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Christ’s Wealth and Poverty (2 Cor 8:9) in Early Lutheran Writers
The use of “poor/rich” terminology in reference to Christ in 2 Corinthians 8:9 is not surprising. Paul is dealing with finances and this language fits…