• The Third Sunday after Pentecost

    The Third Sunday after Pentecost

    Welcome to Lectionary Kick-start! Jessica Bordeleau hosts a lively conversation with homiletic professors Dr. David Schmitt and Dr. Peter Nafzger about the upcoming lectionary texts. The texts for the third Sunday after…

  • The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

    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…

  • Theology found – and not to be found – in Greek participles

    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…

  • The Second Sunday after Pentecost

    The Second Sunday after Pentecost

    Welcome to Lectionary Kick-start! Jessica Bordeleau hosts a lively conversation with homiletic professors Dr. David Schmitt and Dr. Peter Nafzger about the upcoming lectionary texts. The texts for the second Sunday after…

  • What I Learned at the Coffee Shop – Drew Oswald and Dr. Ely Prieto

    What I Learned at the Coffee Shop – Drew Oswald and Dr. Ely Prieto

    For a year, seminary student Drew Oswald spent 10 hours a week sitting in a coffee shop. He said the people he met have enriched his ministry and his life. Dr. Ely…

  • Five Views of Christ in the Old Testament

    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…

  • Theology found – and not to be found – in Greek participles

    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…

  • Holy Trinity Sunday

    Holy Trinity Sunday

    Welcome to Lectionary Kick-start! Jessica Bordeleau hosts a lively conversation with homiletic professors Dr. David Schmitt and Dr. Peter Nafzger about the upcoming lectionary texts. The texts for Holy Trinity Sunday, May…

  • Pentecost Sunday

    Pentecost Sunday

    Welcome to Lectionary Kick-start! Jessica Bordeleau hosts a lively conversation with homiletic professors Dr. David Schmitt and Dr. Peter Nafzger about the upcoming lectionary texts. The texts for Pentecost Sunday, May 19,…