Homiletical Helps
Current Homiletical Helps articles which appeared in Concordia Journal
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Advent 4 • Romans 16:25–27 • December 21, 2014
By Ben Haupt On the final Sunday of Advent, just a few days before the glorious celebration of Christmas, these three verses at the end of the…
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Advent 3 • 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24 • December 14, 2014
By Jeff Gibbs It would be tempting to regard this text, a series of short imperative clauses, as a random series of “inspired one-liners” that exhort…
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Advent 2 • 2 Peter 3:8–14 • December 7, 2014
By Jeff Thormodson The seven verses just preceding our text describe a cultural milieu that seriously doubts the existence of God or a literal judgment day.…
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Advent 1 • 1 Corinthians 1:3–9 • November 30, 2014
By David A. Johnson The church journeys into Advent, anticipating renewal in the vital proclamation of Jesus’s incarnation—embodied grace in the embryo of a woman’s womb. The…
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Proper 20 • Ezekiel 34:11–16; 20–24 • November 23, 2014
By Timothy Dost God Protects and Heals His Flock When faced with the fall of Jerusalem, Ezekiel describes the judgment on those shepherds responsible and the…
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Proper 27 • Amos 5:18–24 • November 9, 2014
By Rick Marrs The words of the first writing prophet, Amos, come to us only five times in the three-year lectionary, and only once during the Series…
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All Saints’ Day • Revelation 7:9–17 • November 2, 2014
By Erik Herrmann The celebration of saints has a checkered history in the church: raucous festivals around martyrs’ graves, prayers to saints to escape various kinds of…
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Reformation Day • Revelation 14:6–7 • October 26, 2014
By Bruce Hartung Like the beginning of a great meal, Revelation 14:6–7 goes well with the psalm for this Sunday (Psalm 46) for the celebration of…