Concordia Journal
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Word Alive! Connections and Conversations
Making the Word alive and making connections through conversations.
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Easter 6 • Acts 17:16–31 • May 25, 2014
The true God is not detached and uninterested in humanity, as the philosophers understood the gods to be, but rather God is truly interested and…
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Lent 3 • 1 Corinthians 1:18–31 • March 8, 2015 The Word of the Cross
The preacher has the wonderful opportunity in this text to invite his hearers to respond to Christ by believing the word of the cross and…
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A Timely Word from Luther on Recruiting Young Men for Pastoral Ministry
Luther’s admonition is one that is appropriate for parents and parishes today: “…your children are not so wholly yours that you need give nothing of…
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Proper 17 • Ephesians 6:10–20
The armor these soldiers are wearing is not gained by their own merit, but spiritual gifts they are blessed with.
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THE NEW SHAPE OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith. By Mark A. Noll
Noll proposes that North American Christianity molded, and is related to, worldwide Christianity via an amalgamation of missionary influence, evangelical attitudes, and shared historical contexts.
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Lent 2 • Genesis 12:1–9 • March 16, 2014
As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who have received the blessings of the forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life, we have…
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Proper 5 • 2 Corinthians 4:13–5:1 • June 7, 2015
Today’s epistle focuses on the Spirit as he works in the life of the believer to keep the Christian in the faith by giving a…
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Easter 5 • 1 John 4:1–11 (12–21) • May 3, 2015
We show the love of God to our neighbor when we confess sin and speak words of forgiveness that began not with us, but with…