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What makes a book sacred?
Continued here: What makes a book sacred?
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Proper 22 • 2 Timothy 1:1–14 • October 6, 2013
By Travis J. Scholl I am consistently in awe of the poetic beauty, the intimacy, the sincerity of Paul’s second letter to Timothy. The eloquence…
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Proper 21 • Revelation 12:7–12 • September 29, 2013
By David Schmitt On the celebration of St. Michael and All Angels, it would be easy to expand a sermon on this text in Revelation…
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A View of the Gospel From Saturn
A few weeks ago, the Cassini spacecraft flew by Saturn. As it did so, it turned its cameras back toward earth and and snapped pictures…
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Proper 20 • 1 Timothy 2:1–15 • September 22, 2013
By Reed Lessing Comments on the Text: The sermon’s focus is on 1 Timothy 2:1–6, thus the comments only pertain to these verses. Verse 1:…
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Light From Above
In anticipation of our 175th year at Concordia Seminary, the following prayer from the Gelasian Sacramentary (c. 500) is fitting for us all:
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An Interview with Max Lucado
Max Lucado discusses, among other things, his new book “You’ll Get Through This” with Concordia Seminary Professor David Schmitt.
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Proper 19 • 1 Timothy 1:(5–11) 12–17 • September 15, 2013
By William W. Schumacher The two alternatives for this pericope suggest rather different directions for a sermon, with the briefer reading perhaps lending itself to…
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Proper 18 • Philemon 1–21 • September 8, 2013
By Michael J. Redeker To be sure, Paul’s letter to Philemon is about reconciliation between two people. However, if that were all that this letter…
