• “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” Redux

    The “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” is in the news again. Here is a summary of the most recent developments; it seems that, despite recent news claims, the fragment is indeed a forgery.

  • Easter 3 • Acts 2:14a, 36–41 • May 4, 2014

    By Jeffrey A. Oschwald Dear preacher, please restore this text to the Easter season! For many hearers this text will seem a “stealing of Pentecost’s thunder” rather than a proclamation of Easter’s good news.…

  • Easter 2 • Acts 5:29–42 • April 27, 2014

    By David Wollenburg Collect: Almighty God, grant that we who have celebrated the Lord’s resurrection may by your grace confess in our life and conversation that Jesus is Lord and God; through the same…

  • Re-Imagining the Walking Dead: Preaching an Apocalyptic Easter

    Re-Imagining the Walking Dead: Preaching an Apocalyptic Easter

    Preaching the resurrection among the undead.

  • 2014 Summer Workshops

    The summer 2014 series of workshops for pastors, professional church workers, and interested laypersons, at various locations across the country.

  • Renowned historian to speak at Concordia Seminary

    Renowned historian to speak at Concordia Seminary

    Continued here: Renowned historian to speak at Concordia Seminary

  • Cranach: Luther’s Painter

    Cranach: Luther’s Painter

    No particular anniversary of Lucas Cranach is near on the horizon, but since Steven Ozment will soon be at the Seminary to lecture on “How Cranach Saved Luther,” it seemed appropriate to…

  • Bugenhagen’s Day

    Bugenhagen’s Day

    Yesterday was the anniversary of Johannes Bugenhagen’s sleep in the Lord … but yesterday was about waking, not sleeping  (Christus resurrexit: vere resurrexit: Alleluia!). Still, Bugenhagen is worth remembering. Pastor at Wittenberg,…

  • What is Truth? Good Friday Reflections on John 18:33-38

    Truth — would you recognize it if you saw it?

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