Rick Marrs
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NAILED! Moral Injury: A Response from the Cross of Christ for the Combat Veteran
Dr. Richard “Rick” Marrs interviews Rev. Dr. Mark Schreiber about his book NAILED! Moral Injury: A Response from the Cross of Christ for the Combat…
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2015 Theological Symposium Videos
Better late than never…videos of presentations around the theme, “In Remembrance of Me: Memory and the Life of Faith.” (Videos from 2016 Theological Symposium coming…
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Proper 22 • Luke 17:1–10 • October 2, 2016
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…
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Easter 7 • John 17:20–26 • May 8, 2016
By Rick Marrs Background Our text is the end of Jesus’s High Priestly Prayer. Parts of the rest of this prayer, 17:1– 19, are texts for…
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The Symposium Line Up: Day 2
The FYI for the second day of Concordia Seminary’s 2015 Theological Symposium, “In Remembrance of Me: Memory and the Life of Faith,” September 22-23.
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Proper 13 • Ephesians 4:1–16 • August 2, 2015
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…
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Proper 27 • Amos 5:18–24 • November 9, 2014
By Rick Marrs The words of the first writing prophet, Amos, come to us only five times in the three-year lectionary, and only once during the Series…
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Proper 28 • 2 Thessalonians 3:(1–5) 6–13 • November 17, 2013
By Rick Marrs Since becoming a seminary professor, I have been unpleasantly surprised at the number of lay people who have told me that they do…
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Proper 27 • 1 Kings 17:8–16 • November 11, 2012
By Rick Marrs The kingdoms of Israel and Judah had been in spiritual decline for two centuries. Starting with Solomon’s syncretism (1 Kgs 11) and…