Francis Rossow
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All Saints’ Day • 1 John 3:1–3 • November 1, 2015
Editor’s note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, January 1988. By Francis C. Rossow Our modern rockets are useful for other than…
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New Books by the Faculty
Just in time for your summer reading list, here are the books written by Concordia Seminary faculty (and staff) in the past year.
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Proper 16 • Isaiah 51:1–6 • August 24, 2014
By Francis C. Rossow This passage is about the end times in which the gospel is not only present (as it is in all such readings) but…
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Advent 2 • Isaiah 11:1–10 • December 8, 2013
By Francis C. Rossow The tree metaphor with which the text begins is a continuation of the same metaphor introduced at the end of the preceding…
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Stranger Within OUR Gates: East Meets West: Language, Religion, and Politics. By Paul Boeder.
STRANGERS WITHIN OUR GATES: East Meets West: Language, Religion, and Politics. By Paul Boeder. Indianapolis: Xlibris, 2009. 164 pages. Paper. $19.99. Reviewed by Francis Rossow,…
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The Preacher’s Studio: Francis “Rev” Rossow
The journey from text to pulpit can be a long and winding road, filled with false starts, surprising discoveries, and hard choices along the way.…
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Proper 10 • Matthew 13:1–9, 18–23 • July 10, 2011
By Francis C. Rossow From childhood on we’ve known the scriptural truth that hearing affects living. Only the word of God can create faith in our…
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Third Sunday after the Epiphany · Mark 1:14-20 · January 25, 2009
By Francis C. Rossow Sermon notes 1. Like our text, the Epistle for this Sunday (1 Cor 7:29-31) has something to say about time. Paul’s…