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Proper 16 • Hebrews 12:4–24 • August 25, 2013
By Thomas Manteufel The letter to the Hebrews was written to exhort Jewish Christians in the first century to remain steadfast in faith and dedication…
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Review of Reed Lessing’s Isaiah 40-55 Commentary
The Review of Biblical Literature, a publication of the Society of Biblical Literature, published a very positive review of Prof. Reed Lessing’s commentary on Isaiah 40-55…
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Proper 15 • Hebrews 11:17–31 (32–40); 12:1–3 • August 18, 2013
By Kyle Castens “What are you looking at?” Hey, someone’s staring at you. Well, what are you to do? Some stares are seen as a…
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On Don Draper, Dostoevsky, and the anti-hero in us all
Original post: On Don Draper, Dostoevsky, and the anti-hero in us all
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The Job Description
What is a pastor? In this season of ordinations, an ordination sermon from Joel Biermann.
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Proper 14 • Hebrews 11:1–16 • August 11, 2013
By Jeffrey Kloha Just as 1 Corinthians 13 is often called the “love” chapter, Hebrews 11 is typically labeled the “faith” chapter. What must be…
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Call for Papers…
…for Concordia Seminary’s 2013 Theological Symposium on the theme of “From the Creation to the New Creation: Seeing All Things in Light of the Entire…
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Proper 13 • Colossians 3:1–13 • August 4, 2013
By Jeff Gibbs Colossians 3:1–13 divides neatly into two sections. The first (vv. 1–4) calls believers to focus their attention on Christ, in relation both…
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Proper 12 • Colossians 2:6–15(16–19) • July 28, 2013
By Joel Biermann True to form, Paul uses the first verse, bluntly to declare his point: you received Jesus Christ the Lord, so walk in…