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“My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?” A Meditation
The events of Holy Week provide an overwhelming amount of material for meditation as each Gospel’s account of Holy Week is recorded. One key moment was Jesus’s cry of dereliction, which both…
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Nicaea1700: Call for Papers
The Theological Symposium committee invites proposals for open sectionals for the 35th Annual Theological Symposium, September 16-17, 2025, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The Council of Nicaea has been the touchstone for…
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The Dying Child
Kristine Henriksen Garroway offers a fascinating examination of how children were viewed in the biblical world. The Dying Child: The Death and Personhood of Children in Ancient Israel surveys the archaeological record…
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Technology and the Church: Promise and Peril
The 34th Annual Theological Symposium met September 17-18, 2024 with the theme “Technology and the Church: Promise and Peril.” Video recordings of both plenaries and sectionals are now available on CSL Scholar.
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Lenten video series
During the season of Lent, church workers encourage their community to bring penitent hearts to the Lord. We plan Wednesday night services, rehearse special music, offer resources that families can take home,…
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Solum Verbum
Dr. Bruce Schuchard, Professor of Exegetical Theology, presented the latest Lay Bible Institute with the theme Solum Verbum: What Word Alone Can Do in the Gospel according to John. Video of the…
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Praying Together For Life
“Life issues” today are highly contentious. So much so that many caring Christians struggle to think about, talk about, or respond to them in loving and constructive ways. The result can be…
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The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
We were talking about religion and politics at lunch one day. The rise of Christian nationalism in the United States. The role of the church in a divided political context. The confusion…
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Cleopatra: A Life
In Cleopatra: A Life, Stacy Schiff, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, has written a biography that not only informed me about one of history’s most important rulers, but also gave me a…
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