Concordia Journal
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THE SCANDAL OF HAVING SOMETHING TO SAY: Ricoeur and the Possibility of Postliberal Preach-ing By Lance Pape
Pape likens the cyclical nature of mimesis to be a spring, building on Ricoeur’s notion of mimesis gaining “altitude” with each cycle.
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GOD’S TIMELINE: An Introduction to Theology for Laypeople By Rick Meyer
In God’s Timeline: An Introduction to Theology for Laypeople, Rick Meyer seeks to engage the reader in a theological journey that spreads across the whole…
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WHY PRIESTS?: A Failed Tradition By Garry Wills
Though he does not include a bibliography, the breadth of his reading and frequent quotation of respected authors is impressive. Short chapters and Wills’s crisp…
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BLOOD AND LIFE: Sermons on the Old Testament By Michael Kasting
Kasting’s sermons do more than delight—they are “the power of God for our salvation.” I sometimes quip to my homiletics students, “Anyone can write an…
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Advent 1 • 1 Corinthians 1:3–9 • November 30, 2014
The church becomes that vessel of incarnate grace where we are saturated in baptismal living waters that have claimed, redeemed, and forgiven us.
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Encomium for Dr. Bruce Hartung
Encomium for Rev. Dr. Bruce Hartung
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Advent 2 • 2 Peter 3:8–14 • December 7, 2014
The goal of the sermon is not for the hearer to make time for witnessing and outreach as if it is another thing the baptized…