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They Changed My Bible Again . . and Again . . . and Again
Why I Stopped Worrying About Finding the Perfect Bible Translation: Another Set of Revisions to the English Standard Version
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The 4.74 degrees of separation between you and me
So, apparently, the six degrees that used to separate you and me has shrunk. The number of people separating anyone from anyone else in the…
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Textual Presence and Sermon Preparation: A Visual Feast
This past Thanksgiving, we were watching The King’s Speech and someone sat on the DVD remote. The screen froze. And in the midst of the…
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When social capital trumps theology
Robert Putnam’s substantive findings on religion and civic engagement give us more than enough food for thought.
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Whooping Cranes
Peter Mathieson, in his book, Birds of Heaven, made the comment that one “one way to grasp the main perspectives of environment and biodiversity is…
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Epiphany 5 • Isaiah 40:21–31 • February 5, 2012
by Reed Lessing “The Fowlest Sermon” Historical Context At one time, during the Davidic/Solomonic era, Israel had been on top of the ancient Near Eastern world.…
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Epiphany 4 • Deuteronomy 18:15–20 • January 29, 2012
by Rick Marrs When considering each text for preaching, pastors are called upon to ponder how the law of that text is speaking to the pastor…
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Something Old, Something New
Profs. Burreson and Cook discuss the new revisions of the English Roman Mass in this month’s Concordia Journal Currents.
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Veni, veni
And do it soon, please.
