Homiletical Helps
Current Homiletical Helps articles which appeared in Concordia Journal
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Proper 20 • Jeremiah 11:18–20 • September 23, 2012
By Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. You Can Kill the Prophet, but You Can’t Kill the Message The text gives a gloomy picture of what happens…
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Proper 19 • Isaiah 50:4–10 • September 16, 2012
By Travis J. Scholl Allow me a roundabout way to this text from Isaiah. Because I find today’s epistle lesson (James 3:1–12) to be a…
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Proper 18 • Isaiah 35:4–7a • September 9, 2012
By Dale A. Meyer Is this a great time to be the church? Do you have joy in your pastoral ministry? Do the baptized in…
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Proper 17 • Deuteronomy 4:1–2, 6–9 • September 2, 2012
By Thomas Manteufel What does the Old Testament portrayal of Israel have to do with us followers of Jesus Christ? This question may well occur…
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Proper 16 • Isaiah 29:11–19 • August 26, 2012
By Arthur F. Graudin Textual Considerations The text—God’s word to his people through the prophet Isaiah—contains a number of key words that point to significant…
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Proper 15 • Joshua 24:1–2, 14–18 • August 19, 2012
By Kyle Castens The Choice is His There is nothing more non-descript than a plain white Styrofoam takeout container. As it sat on our counter,…
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Proper 14 • 1 Kings 19:1–8 • August 12, 2012
By David I. Lewis Introduction The Old Testament lesson for Proper 14 contains the introduction to the narrative of Elijah’s flight to Mt. Horeb and…
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Proper 13 • Exodus 16:2–15 • August 5, 2012
By Bruce M. Hartung It is an easy homiletical move to criticize and condemn the wandering children of Israel for their murmuring against Moses and…
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Proper 12 • Genesis 9:8–17 • July 29, 2012
By Thomas Egger Congregations of the LCMS have not heard many sermons on the rainbow, since Genesis 9 did not occur in the lectionary cycles…