Homiletical Helps
Current Homiletical Helps articles which appeared in Concordia Journal
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Easter 7 • John 17:20–26 • May 8, 2016
By Rick Marrs Background Our text is the end of Jesus’s High Priestly Prayer. Parts of the rest of this prayer, 17:1– 19, are texts for…
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Easter 6 • John 5:1–9 • May 1, 2016
By Ben Haupt At the beginning of his Gospel, the Apostle John inscribes one of his main themes: “From his fullness we have all received, grace…
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Easter 5 • John 16:12–22 • April 24, 2016
By Jeff Gibbs This lection from John 16 shows how important it is to first interpret what a text meant before one can take in…
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Easter 4 • John 10:22–30 • April 17, 2016
By Joel C. Elowsky Our text follows on the popular Good Shepherd text, which speaks of the Son and the Father’s care for their sheep. No…
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Easter 3 • John 21:1–14 (15–19) • April 10, 2016
By Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. Becoming a Disciple Two striking contrasts appear in this Easter account of the third appearance or revelation of the risen…
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Easter 2 • John 20:19–31 • April 3, 2016
By David Maxwell The Breath of God “[Jesus] breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of…
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The Resurrection of Our Lord • John 20:1–18 • March 27, 2016
By Timothy Dost Mary Magdalene as Determined Eyewitness Here we have John’s account of the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, the report of Mary Magdalene, and…
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Palm Sunday • Luke 22:1–23:56 • March 20, 2016
By Kent Burreson Passing from one divine feast to another, from palms and branches, let us now make haste, O faithful, to the solemn and…