Concordia Journal
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Proper 23 • Hebrews 3:12–19
Sin becomes altogether too common and familiar and so “safe.” The writer to the Hebrews screams the contrary alert: Sin kills.
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Epiphany 5 • Isaiah 58:3–9a • February 9, 2014
When we put up an appearance of righteousness without attendant love manifesting itself in deeds for the neighbor, we only fool ourselves and, in the…
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A CHRISTIAN IN TOGA: Boethius— Interpreter of Antiquity and Christian Theologian. By Claudio Moreschini
How the world of thought fostered by Neoplatonists, pagan and Christian, was being integrated into theology by leading Christian thinkers of the early sixth century,…
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Proper 18 • James 2:1–10, 14–18
For faith alone can justify; Works serve our neighbor and supply The proof that faith is living.
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Proper 23 • Isaiah 25:6–9 • October 12, 2014
Jesus’s own resurrection, however, is a first fruits and so a foreshadowing of that day. In his Son Jesus, Yahweh has initiated his eschatological reign…
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Lent 2 • Romans 5:1–11 • March 1, 2015
Suffering does not save, but those who have found salvation and peace in Christ can expect the hostility of Satan in the midst of daily…
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God’s Word Produces Faith and Fruit Reflections from Luther’s Understanding of the Sermon on the Mount
In his comments on the Sermon on the Mount in 1538 he made clear that the community’s light was to shine with good works, which…
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Proper 24 • Isaiah 45:1–7 • October 19, 2014
The clear point is that “God is God, and we are not,” nor is any human government. When we look at the world around us,…
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Epiphany 5 • 1 Corinthians 9:16–23 • February 8, 2015
In a portion of the Collect the worshipper joins in praying that God the loving Father would enable him to do those things that are…