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Lent 3 • John 4:5–26 (27–30, 39–42) • March 27, 2011
By Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. Life is never the same after you drink of this water! The familiar Samaritan woman text is seldom set in the context of the Gospel’s broader presentation…
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Lent 2 • John 3:1–17 • March 20, 2011
By Erik Herrmann “For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified…” It was because of the signs that Nicodemus came to Jesus: “Rabbi, we know you are…
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Epiphany 8 • Matthew 6:24–34 • February 27, 2011
By David L. Adams The Text as Text The text is in overall good condition, and the few substantive issues do not materially affect the overall interpretation of the passage. In verse…
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Lent 5 • John 11:1–53 • April 10, 2011
By Robert Hoehner When Confronted with Adversity In preparing to proclaim the biblical truths of John 11, the preacher would do well to keep in mind John’s words in 20:31, “. .…
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Epiphany 7 • Matthew 5:38–48 • February 20, 2011
By William Utech Matthew wanted his Jewish readers to know and believe that Jesus is the promised Messiah and therefore shows him fulfilling Old Testament Scriptures. Jesus is portrayed as the climax…
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Lent 1 • Matthew 4:1–11 • March 13, 2011
By John Loum Introduction In general, you find that in Middle Eastern and African cultures food quite often is used in a time for fellowship, a symbol of hospitality and the welcome…
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Epiphany 6 • Matthew 5:21–37 • February 13, 2011
By Wally Becker This passage is part of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5 through 7. Although, at first glance, the verses in our text appear to be totally law, they…
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Tucson and Port-au-Prince: thinking about words, images, and violence
WILL WE? (Photo credit: Jim Wilson/The New York Times) A stunningly violent shooting in Tucson, Arizona, and we are talking again about violence and violent images. And the war of words has…
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Winter 2011 CONCORDIA JOURNAL sneak peek
Check out the Winter 2011 CONCORDIA JOURNAL – a partner issue with Lutheran World Relief – to mark the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti.
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