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Proper 29 • Matthew 25:31–46 • November 20, 2011
by Joel Biermann This is a difficult text. Not that it is difficult to understand. In fact, it is altogether too easy to grasp the meaning, which is precisely what makes it difficult.…
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The Preacher’s Studio: Dale Meyer
The journey from text to pulpit can be a long and winding road, filled with false starts, surprising discoveries, and hard choices along the way. Preacher’s Studio is a chance to take…
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WDJT?
What Did Jesus Teach? And what does that have to do with Christianity?
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Proper 28 • Matthew 25:14–30 • November 13, 2011
by Wayne E. Schmidt Editor’s Note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, July 1985. Financial institutions spend no little effort to keep the public informed about the many different kinds…
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Fall 2011 CONCORDIA JOURNAL sneak peek
Highlights from the Fall 2011 issue of CONCORDIA JOURNAL, due out in early November.
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How Shall We Live?
Seven billion people as of Oct 31, Reformation Day. The world’s population has more than doubled in my lifetime. For that matter, it’s increased three billion since I was in high school.…
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Hearing Robert Putnam on the puzzle of American religion
Last night, Robert Putnam, America’s foremost social scientist, spoke at Wash U about his latest research into the “puzzle” of American religion. Could there perhaps be a paradox at the heart of…
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Old Sermons
Ouch.
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Impressions of an Impressionist: Claude Monet at SLAM
For the first time in decades, the three panels of Claude Monet’s masterful Agapanthus triptych are together at the St. Louis Art Museum and the exhibition is striking.
