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Remembering Quentin Wesselschmidt
Quentin F. Wesselschmidt, 1937-2010. Pastor, theologian, baptized child of God. In memoriam.
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Wetlands in Kansas?
When I think of the great plains, I think of wide open spaces, undulating landscapes like waves of an ocean, corn and wheat. I don’t…
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Check it Out!
The summer issue of the Concordia Journal (published by the faculty of Concordia Seminary) has just come out and its centered on the theme of…
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Announcing a Latin e-mail discussion group on the Lutheran confessions
Confessionum Lutheranarum Studiosi, a new Latin e-mail discussion group on the Lutheran confessions, has recently been founded, and you are invited to join in the…
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All Saints’ Day • Revelation 7:(2–8) 9–17 • November 7, 2010
by Kent Burreson Getting to Know the White-Clad Relatives The central question of chapter 7 in John’s vision, “Who are these, clothed in white robes,…
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Reformation Day • Revelation 14:6–7 • October 31, 2010
by Gerhard Bode The pericope is commonly appointed for the festival of the Reformation. The assignment has less to do with the fact that Martin…
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Proper 25 • Genesis 4:1–16 • October 24, 2010
by Henry Rowold Razing Cain and Raising Cains Chapter 4 of Genesis is best seen as a continuation, an extension (and polyphonic echo) of the…
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Proper 24 • Genesis 32:22–33 • October 17, 2010
by David Schmitt Textual Study The lectionary unfortunately isolates this text from its literary context and there- by masks its climactic nature. As the climax…
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Proper 23 • Ruth 1:1–19a • October 10, 2010
by William W. Schumacher Perhaps the first, obvious thing to say about this text from Ruth is that if we read it in its context…