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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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The Labyrinth and the Gospel
Travis Scholl, editor of our own Concordia Journal, has recently published a new book that takes us on the winding path of Mark’s Gospel. Travis’ rediscovery…
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Thruples: The Newest Addition to the “Marriage Buffet”
Welcome to the next chapter in sexual ethics.
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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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Timothy Furnish lecture on ISIS/ISIL – October 23, 2014
Dr. Furnish will speak on “Fighting for the End of the (Christian) World: The Eschatology of ISIS/ISIL and Other Modern Muslim Groups in Light 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…
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Concordia visits the Holy Land
Nineteen students, and one professor, walk where Jesus walked.
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Proper 24 • Isaiah 45:1–7 • October 19, 2014
By William Carr I struggle with the notion that some part of Isaiah, mainly Isaiah 40 and following, is “addressed to the sixth century,” an idea that…
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Proper 23 • Isaiah 25:6–9 • October 12, 2014
By David I. Lewis Today’s OT text is found in the section of Isaiah known as “the Isaiah Apocalypse” (Is 24–27). This “apocalypse” follows upon the oracles…
