Homiletical Helps
Homiletical Helps articles which appeared in Concordia Journal
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Proper 20 • Luke 16:1–15 • September 18, 2016
By Victor Raj Justice God’s Way I began to study this text rather carefully on tax day, April 15. Especially in that context, the theme…
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Proper 19 • Luke 15:1–10 • September 11, 2016
By Erik Herrmann Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This…
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Proper 18 • Luke 14:25–35 • September 4, 2016
By Jason Broge It is perhaps impossible to read this text and not be struck by the use of the word hate. Some commentators suggest this…
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Proper 17 • Luke 14:1–14 • August 28, 2016
By Wayne J. Knolhoff “They were watching him carefully.” Luke observes that the Pharisees kept a close eye on Jesus. They watched him so they could…
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Proper 16 • Luke 13:22–30 • August 21, 2016
By Jeffrey Thormodson This focus of this text is about the baptized, to “those who are being saved”; verse 23 uses a present participle that…
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Proper 15 • Luke 12:49–53 (54–56) • August 14, 2016
Jeffrey A. Oschwald As if the themes of this Gospel weren’t challenge enough, two significant exegetical/translational questions must also be addressed. Luke 12:49b is “a…
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Proper 14 • Luke 12:22–34 (35–40) • August 7, 2016
Mark Rockenbach It is always important to consider the context of the assigned readings. Therefore, look at Luke 12:16–21. Jesus tells a story about a…
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Proper 13 • Luke 12:13–21 • July 31, 2016
David I. Lewis Literary Context In the verses proceeding today’s text Jesus confronts the religious authorities about their hypocrisy (11:37–54) and then warns his disciples…
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Proper 12 • Luke 11:1–13 • July 24, 2016
By Todd Jones It might seem like an odd thing to do, but notice how our first reading in Luke 11 takes on a slightly…