Proper 21 • Ezekiel 18:1–4, 25–32 • September 28, 2014


Proper 21 • Ezekiel 18:1–4, 25–32 • September 28, 2014

By Kent Burreson The Just Way of God “The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” This phrase leads Yahweh through Ezekiel to address Israel’s whining as they blame Yahweh for their woe and suffering in the destruction of the land and in the exile under Babylon and Nebuchadnezzar. The preacher is encouraged ..


Proper 17 • Jeremiah 15:15–21 • August 31, 2014


Proper 17 • Jeremiah 15:15–21 • August 31, 2014

Editor’s note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, July 1999. By Ernest Bernet On the second Sunday after Pentecost we heard Jeremiah 28:5–9. Here the prophet Jeremiah must deal with the false prophecies of prosperity and peace instead of the pending judgment that he foretold. (See Concordia Journal 40:2, 173–174.) Now, on this Eleventh ..


Proper 8 • Jeremiah 28:5–9 • June 29, 2014


Proper 8 • Jeremiah 28:5–9 • June 29, 2014

By William W. Schumacher On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill addressed the British parliament as he was about to become prime minister. Hitler’s troops had already invaded Poland, and they had just begun their Blitzkrieg advance into France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. War was crashing upon the world as Churchill stepped into leadership. And unlike so many politicians, Churchill did ..