Homiletical Helps
Homiletical Helps articles which appeared in Concordia Journal
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Proper 23 · Mark 10:17-22 · October 11, 2009
By Dale Meyer W.I.I.F.M.? That’s the question we always asked when we were preparing scripts for Lutheran Hour Ministries’ TV show, “On Main Street.” What’s in…
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Proper 22 · Mark 10:2-12 · October 4, 2009
By Victor Raj “Bending the Rules” The question of divorce is what first meets the eye as one reads this text. To be sure, the…
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Proper 21 · Mark 9:38-50 · September 27, 2009
By Kyle Castens “Whose Side, Anyway?” Charles simply figured there must be something wrong with his baseball glove. That was the fifth pop-fly in a…
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Proper 20 · Mark 9:30-37 · September 20, 2009
By David Schmitt Literary and Liturgical Setting Our reading is the second of three passion predictions in Mark. In the literary context of Mark, these…
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Proper 19 · Mark 9:14-29 · September 13, 2009
By Tim Saleska Sermon Notes The question that presses the characters in this text is the same one that often presses modern Christian readers of this…
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Proper 16 · Mark 7:1-13 · August 23, 2009
By Travis J. Scholl This week and next week (Proper 17) make up a continuous reading of Mark 7. (Technically, Proper 18 brings the reading…
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Proper 15 · John 6:51-69 · August 16, 2009
By Joel Okamoto Notes on the text 1. For the context, see Propers 13 and 14. 2. At this point Jesus provokes a fresh concern…