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Second Sunday in Advent
Spark your thoughts for December 10, 2023! Tune in to "Lectionary Kick-start" for a discussion about the texts for the second Sunday in Advent
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Four hundred were blessed to attend the 2023 Theological Symposium “Living By Hope in a Secular Age: Church & Society.” The three plenary sessions, the panel discussion of the three plenary speakers, and twenty-four sectional presentations are now available online free of charge. Whether you were in attendance and want to view a sectional that ..
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Lessons I Learned from My Father – Dr. Kevin Golden
As dad to seven children, Dr. Kevin Golden has some experience with fatherhood! The sayings he heard from his own dad have shaped his parenting, ministry, and his life. Tune in to hear how his father made theology tangible

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Ascension · Luke 24:44-53 · May 21, 2009

By Kent Burreson A Journey for the Ages This homiletical help provides reflections on central themes for the Ascension in light of the liturgical context and hymnography for the feast. The Gospel reading for the Ascension of Our Lord is the Lukan account of Jesus’ final teaching and his return to his Father. It is ..

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Ascension · Ephesians 1:15-23 · May 1, 2008

By Charles P. Arand, “There’s A New Lord in Town” Ascension Day is included as one of the milestone events in the grand narrative of the Gospel as set forth by the Apostles and Nicene Creeds. And yet, it doesn’t seem to receive its due among Lutherans. Is it decreasing in importance? Ascension Day seems to ..