Recapping SBL 2018
Jim Voelz on this year’s Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting
Jeff Gibbs, “The Myth of Righteous Anger”
What the Bible says (and doesn’t say) about human anger
Tim Saleska, “The Gospel-Centered Christian”
How the “Gospel-centered” Christian can avoid the Scylla and Charybdis of both fundamentalism and Gospel reductionism
The Gospel–Centered Christian
How we relate the Gospel and the Scriptures affects the Christianity we practice
ICYMI: How Martin Luther Changed Bible Study
Robert Kolb recently published an article for Bible Study magazine, for their special issue on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. We are all accustomed to his expertise on all things Luther and the Reformation, but this is but one example of how his expertise reaches beyond our usual Lutheran circles. The article: “How Martin ..
ICYMI: Martin Luther and literacy
Luther’s impact on who, what, where, and how we read
Taking Creation, Scriptures, and the Saved Seriously: Pulling Things Together
Glenn Nielsen sums up his previous three essays on the art and act of preaching
Book Blurbs: Robert Kolb on Luther’s use of Scripture
Robert Kolb discusses his forthcoming book Martin Luther and the Enduring Word of God
Listening to the Word of God
Exegetes with a markedly Lutheran understanding discuss methods of Scriptural interpretation in this volume. All contributions are witness to the common conviction that Holy Scripture is expounded as God’s Word
Reflections on the state of Biblical Studies
. . . from the SBL Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia (Nov 21-24, 2015)
Engaging the Digital Age: Days of Theological Reflection, 2015
View video from this year’s featured speakers: Tom Boomershine and Matt Peeples
Lectionary@Lunch Live in the Spring
Prof. Bill Carr will host the weekly live-stream video chat on the Old Testament lectionary for the Spring quarter, beginning Tuesday, March 10
“News”week on the Bible
Is it a Sin?
Day of Exegetical Reflection 2014: “Listening to God’s Word in the 21st Century”
Last November (2013) a conference was held at Oberursel in Germany that involved the faculty of the Lutherische Theologische Hochschule of the independent Lutheran church in Germany (with which the LCMS is in fellowship), SELK (Selbstständige Evangelische Lutherische Kirche), and the exegetes from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, supplemented by theologians from elsewhere in the world ..
Do We Need a “New New Testament” this New Year?
For the last decade the church has been challenged repeatedly regarding its Scriptures: Is the Bible legit?
Reflections on “Listening to the Word,” Part 1
We don’t need to be – and really can’t afford to be — independent islands, working only in our own contexts, cultures, and circles