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Advent 2 • Isaiah 40:1–11 • December 4, 2011
by David Wollenburg The Old Testament lesson for today does more than simply serve as the first lesson for this day; it summarizes the theme of Advent 2. Indeed, it summarizes the message…
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Advent 1 • Isaiah 64:1–9 • November 27, 2011
by Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. The song goes that, after Deuteronomy, Isaiah is the most monotheistic book in the Old Testament. The confession of faith that the Shema (“Hear O Israel, the…
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Greek Zombies
The disciples inspected the oars, while Jesus made a bench. It gets dark after that . . .
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Hermann Sasse’s Footnotes to Letter 14
Some of theologian Hermann Sasse’s (1895-1976) most timely thinking on the doctrine of scripture, inerrancy, and biblical hermeneutics. With introductions by Jeff Kloha and Ron Feuerhahn to provide context.
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The fall of Joe Paterno
Minute by minute, the details of the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State University are becoming more appalling, despicable, and sad. Among other things, Joe Paterno gives us a textbook definition of…
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Proper 29 • Matthew 25:31–46 • November 20, 2011
by Joel Biermann This is a difficult text. Not that it is difficult to understand. In fact, it is altogether too easy to grasp the meaning, which is precisely what makes it difficult.…
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The Preacher’s Studio: Dale Meyer
The journey from text to pulpit can be a long and winding road, filled with false starts, surprising discoveries, and hard choices along the way. Preacher’s Studio is a chance to take…
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WDJT?
What Did Jesus Teach? And what does that have to do with Christianity?
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Proper 28 • Matthew 25:14–30 • November 13, 2011
by Wayne E. Schmidt Editor’s Note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, July 1985. Financial institutions spend no little effort to keep the public informed about the many different kinds…
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