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Proper 29 • Luke 23:27–43 • November 20, 2016
By Mark A. Seifrid The drama of the text unfolds in three acts. The first act is the way of the cross with Jesus’s word to…
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Why Niebuhr in 2016?
Jon Diefenthaler examines a word or two from H. Richard Niebuhr during a particularly tumultuous election year.
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Proper 28 • Luke 21:5–28 • November 13, 2016
By David Adams The Text as Text The text of this account in Luke’s gospel is well-attested, and there is no variant that is so problematic…
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Theological #ThrowbackThursday: Oswald Hoffmann
#TBT: In 1963, “Ossie” Hoffmann, fresh off a visit with Lutheran Christians in Ethiopia, spoke with his signature humor and erudition about missiology and church…
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All Saints’ Day • Matthew 5:1–12 • November 6, 2016
By Joel Elowsky Crowds are always following Jesus looking for something. These crowds come from everywhere, not just the locals, and they’re filled with expectation. He…
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A Visit to the ER
…and what happens when a seminary professor can’t go number one.
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Reformation Day • John 8:31–36 • October 30, 2016
By Travis J. Scholl Commemorating the sixteenth-century events that came to be called the Protestant Reformation is more complicated than it used to be. Triumphalism—a certain…
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Book Blurbs: Robert Kolb on Luther’s use of Scripture
Robert Kolb discusses his forthcoming book Martin Luther and the Enduring Word of God.
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Bach at the Sem schedule announced for 2016-17 academic year
The season opens on Sunday, Dec. 11, at Concordia Seminary’s Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus.