Concordia Seminary Professor Rick Marrs recently discussed issues related to Christian counseling and his book Making Christian Counseling More Christ Centered on the podcast Ringside Preachers. Podcast
By Rick Marrs This is a difficult text for Lutherans to hear. We are more comfortable with texts about God’s grace, and being his children and heirs of his promises, but Jesus is prone to saying things that challenge our regular metaphors, and that will increase our faith. This is also a difficult text for ..
By Rick Marrs Paul has regaled the Ephesians with rich spiritual blessings they have in Christ (Eph 1), how both Jews and Gentiles are saved by grace alone through faith alone (Eph 2), how the mystery of the gospel has been revealed by the Spirit through the very human apostles and prophets; Paul then prays for spiritual strength ..
Rev. Tony Cook talks to Dr. Richard Marrs about the newly-released Seminary Press edition of Walter Koehler’s wonderful book on pastoral counseling: Counseling and Confession: The Role of Confession and Absolution in Pastoral Counseling
Dr. Richard Marrs interviews Ted Kober on the topic of church governance. You can find the companion PDF file here
By Rick Marrs Several years ago, the parish I was serving invited the District’s Mission/Stewardship Executive to preach for our “New Consecration Sunday.” He surprised the congregation with this opening: “Sometimes Christians ask me what portion of their income they should really give to God and his Church? When they ask it like that, I tell ..