Homiletical Helps
Current Homiletical Helps articles which appeared in Concordia Journal
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Proper 11 • Jeremiah 23:1–6 • July 22, 2012
By Timothy Dost Jeremiah 23:1–6 presents a challenge to the preacher of appearing to be too narrow in scope in terms of the law to…
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Proper 10 • Amos 7:7–15 • July 15, 2012
By William W. Carr The church never quite reads Amos. The Three-Year Lectionary employs it five times; the One-Year includes it once, as an option.…
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Proper 9 • Ezekiel 2:1–5 • July 8, 2012
“Thus says the Lord God” (Ez 2:4). Notice what is missing? (Ex 3:13–15; Ex 20:2) The Lord Yahweh does not identify himself as the God…
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Proper 8 • Lamentations 3:22–33 • July 1, 2012
By Gerhard Bode Introduction The one- and three-year lectionaries each include only one pericope from the Book of Lamentations. In both cases, the text is…
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Proper 7 • Isaiah 40:1–5 • June 24, 2012
Editor’s Note: This homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, November 1983. By H. Armin Moellering Introduction: “A human being needs comfort. The nursing child…
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Proper 6 • Ezekiel 17:22–24 •June 17, 2012
By Tim Saleska Ezekiel 17:22–24 is an epilogue to the “Allegory of Two Eagles and the Vine” in 17:1–20. The allegory itself is described in…
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Proper 5 • Genesis 3:8-15 • June 10, 2012
By Robert Hoehner Found By Grace This Old Testament lesson tells the familiar story about an increasingly unfamiliar but significantly serious matter—a matter of eternal…
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Holy Trinity • Isaiah 6:1–8 • June 3, 2012
By Wally Becker Sometimes referred to as the “call of Isaiah,” these verses might better be described as an update in Isaiah’s assignment. Although a…
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Pentecost • Ezekiel 37:1–14 • May 27, 2012
By Robert W. Weise New Life and New Hope in Christ General Comments: During my tenure as a parish pastor and currently serving as an…