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REVIEW: REDEEMING TRANSCENDENCE IN THE ARTS, by Jeremy Begbie
Editor’s note: this review originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of the Concordia Journal. We reprint it here in anticipation of this year’s Theological Symposium, “Whatever is Lovely”: The Role of Beauty in Theology and Ministry, September 21-22, 2021. For more information and to register, go to https://www.csl.edu/resources/continuing-education/theological-symposium/. REDEEMING TRANSCENDENCE IN THE ARTS: Bearing ..
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Christ Centered Counseling … and Justification
Rick Marrs talks with David Loy about the connections between Christian counseling, justification, and the distinction between law and gospel
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ICYMI: Kent Burreson, “An Apprenticeship in Faith”
Kent Burreson's latest thoughts on faith formation, the adult catechumenate, and congregational education

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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 scientific and military purposes. In addition, they suggest a profound spiritual truth. It is characteristic of rockets to go through multiple stages. At some point after the initial liftoff, the ..

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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 comment that “the time is short” echoes the urgency of our Lord’s announcement, “The time has come” (v. 15)—the only difference being that Paul is speaking of the quantity of ..