Remarks from the 100th Anniversary Celebration of Concordia Seminary’s Clayton Campus Remarks presented during the 100th anniversary celebration luncheon on Aug. 14, 2026, commemorating the dedication of Concordia Seminary’s Clayton campus.

Not to sight, or taste, or touch be credit.Hearing only do we trust secure;I believe, for God the Son has said it –Word of truth that ever shall endure.[i] In so few…

For nearly two years now, since coming to the seminary as an M.Div. student, I have also worked for the local pro-life organization Coalition Life as a sidewalk counselor. I weekly find…

Concordia Seminary St. Louis (CSL) and Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne (CTSFW) are working together again to offer new continuing education workshops for pastors, other church workers, and laity. This time, however,…

A Conversation Years ago, I asked a seminary professor for guidance for raising our infant daughter in the Christian faith. I had personally known a pastor’s kid who wandered from the faith.…

Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that your Son may glorify you. – John 17:1 This seventeenth chapter of John, often called “Jesus’s High Priestly Prayer”, is not so much…

I recently learned an interesting fact. I was reading an article about the history of hymnody in our church. According to the article, there were no actual melodies in our very first…

I had heard stories like this before, but I had never experienced it for myself until a few months ago.  Our family—some twenty people in all—was gathered at the home of my…