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Hosea’s Dove
Biblical studies has been enriched in recent decades by the insights of cognitive linguistics, a field that explores the connection between cognition (understanding) and language. Of particular interest to me is the…
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On My Nightstand
This first novel by Delia Owens was a #1 New York Times bestselling book and has been made into a full-length motion picture. I can understand its popularity. Where the Crawdads Sing…
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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
In Broken Heart, Johnson traces the origins of St. Louis from its founding as a French fur-trading post to its role in shaping the America we live in today. Johnson believes that…
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Theology found – and not to be found – in Greek participles
Part II: Philippians 2:7–8 The importance of Philippians 2:5–11 can hardly be overestimated. The text is cited in places where it does not seem to belong and is mentioned even at moments…
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Five Views of Christ in the Old Testament
As the first in a series of articles that capture the leisure reading of Concordia Seminary faculty and how even leisure reading offers opportunity for theological reflection, this article seems a bit…
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Theology found – and not to be found – in Greek participles
Part I: Matthew 28:19–20 Playing the role of the “fly on the wall,” I was sitting in my Synoptic Gospels class, listening to a report on discipleship. I knew that, once the…
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Santify Them in the Truth
This is one of the petitions of the so-called High-priestly Prayer of Jesus in John 17. The prayer was spoken (made) before Jesus’s ascension and even before his passion. In church, however,…
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A Meditation on Earthquakes
Two big earthquakes recently hit, one in Taiwan (7.4) and one on the east coast centered in New Jersey (4.8). This provides the opportunity to think about earthquakes from a biblical perspective.…
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Theological Symposium – Call for Papers
The Theological Symposium committee invites proposals for open sectionals for the 34th Annual Theological Symposium, September 17-18, 2024, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The title this year is “Technology and the Church:…
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