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    ICYMI: 2022 Multiethnic Symposium Videos

    On May 3-4, 2022, we held our Multiethnic Symposium on campus, in partnership with Concordia University, St. Paul.  The theme of the symposium was “Rise and Enter the City“: “But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do” (Acts 9:6 ESV). With these words, Jesus calls Saul of ..
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    Rev. Rossow’s Reflections on “the Spirit of Truth”

    In the fifteenth chapter of his gospel St. John quotes Jesus as saying, “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me” (v. 26). Soon afterwards, in the sixteenth chapter of the same gospel, ..
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    A Proposal for Confirmation Sunday

    My youngest son will be confirmed this Pentecost Sunday and I had the privilege of being one of his instructors (in addition to the “head of the household” instruction that my wife and I antiphonally carry out).  I still have this great picture of him as a little toddler falling asleep with the catechism in ..
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Advent 4 • Luke 1:39–45 (46–56) • December 20, 2015


Advent 4 • Luke 1:39–45 (46–56) • December 20, 2015

By Travis Scholl [Advent’s historical] character was that of a joyous looking forward to the Parousia. . . . The fact that Christ has come does not quench this hope; it intensifies it. The historical life and work of the Christ gives us all the more reason for expressing a lively and joyful hope.¹ Is ..

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Advent 4 • Romans 16:25–27 • December 21, 2014


Advent 4 • Romans 16:25–27 • December 21, 2014

By Ben Haupt On the final Sunday of Advent, just a few days before the glorious celebration of Christmas, these three verses at the end of the Epistle to the Romans are full of homiletical possibility. In just a few days, the people of God will join in countless hymns which all use the word “glory” (“Angels from the ..

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Advent 4 • Isaiah 7:10–17 • December 22, 2013


Advent 4 • Isaiah 7:10–17 • December 22, 2013

By Wally Becker “Behold the virgin is about to become pregnant and bear a son, and you will call his name Immanuel” (Is 7:14). Unfortunately, the commentary for this part of Isaiah, written by Dr. Andrew Bartelt, that will be part of the CPH Commentary Series, has not yet been published. It should be available in three years, ..

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Advent 4 • Hebrews 10:5–10 • December 23, 2012


Advent 4 • Hebrews 10:5–10 • December 23, 2012

By William Wrede Rapid fire, these days come together: Advent 4, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Three days standing in a row, perfectly aligned, can be more than a little intimidating. How can one prepare so much, remember so much, and do so much to honor and celebrate these days? The preacher preparing for each ..

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Advent 4 • 2 Samuel 7:1–11, 16 • December 18, 2011


Advent 4 • 2 Samuel 7:1–11, 16 • December 18, 2011

by Jeffrey A. Gibbs The reading offers, in its OT context, a strong example of the truth that “God’s ways are higher and greater than our ways.” Specifically, the reading presents a powerful contrast between David’s (and Nathan’s) understanding of what the God of Israel planned to do for his people and their king on the ..

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Advent 4 • Matthew 1:18–25 • December 19, 2010


Advent 4 • Matthew 1:18–25 • December 19, 2010

by Paul Robinson We were driving home from a Wednesday evening Advent service when my three-year-old daughter announced from her car seat, “I’m afraid of angels.” Her mother and I, in mild shock that our daughter should express such a sentiment, asked, “Why are you afraid of angels?” “I’m afraid they’ll talk to me,” she ..

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Advent 4 · Micah 5:2-5a · December 20, 2009


Advent 4 · Micah 5:2-5a · December 20, 2009

By Timothy Saleska Background notes (the text in context) 1. Micah 1:1 sets the ministry of Micah in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah. In modern chronology Micah prophesied in the latter half of the eighth and early years of the seventh century B.C. Micah’s ministry came slightly after the ministry of Amos ..

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