Pentecost Sunday
Spark your thoughts for May 19, 2024! Tune in to Lectionary Kick-start for a lively discussion about the texts for Pentecost Sunday
Spark your thoughts for May 19, 2024! Tune in to Lectionary Kick-start for a lively discussion about the texts for Pentecost Sunday
Coping with hurt by ignoring it or reliving it can lead us to sink deeper into bitterness. Ted Kober and Dr. Mark Rockenbach share the radically different approach that Jesus offers. Their new book “Unforgivable?: How God’s Forgiveness Transforms Our Lives” explores the psychological and spiritual impact of forgiveness
Spark your thoughts for May 12, 2024! Tune in to Lectionary Kick-start for a discussion about the texts for the sixth Sunday of Easter
This is one of the petitions of the so-called High-priestly Prayer of Jesus in John 17. The prayer was spoken (made) before Jesus’s ascension and even before his passion. In church, however, it is heard on the Sunday after the Ascension and before Pentecost. What matters (and seems to be appropriate) is the fact that ..
Spark your thoughts for May 5, 2024! Tune in to Lectionary Kick-start for a discussion about the texts for the sixth Sunday of Easter
Dr. Joel Okamoto and Dr. Charles Arand, professors of systematic theology, discuss the difference between knowing a lot of theology and having good theology. Their conclusion might surprise you
Spark your thoughts for April 28, 2024! Tune in to Lectionary Kick-start for a discussion about the texts for the fifth Sunday of Easter
Two big earthquakes recently hit, one in Taiwan (7.4) and one on the east coast centered in New Jersey (4.8). This provides the opportunity to think about earthquakes from a biblical perspective. What does an earthquake mean? It means that human creatures are not in total control of planet earth. Earthquakes are neither caused by ..
Spark your thoughts for April 21, 2024! Tune in to Lectionary Kick-start for a discussion about the texts for the fourth Sunday of Easter
Spark your thoughts for April 14, 2024! Tune in to Lectionary Kick-start for a discussion about the texts for the third Sunday of Easter
The topic of Christian nationalism is hot in the media. How does our theology influence our political involvement? “Luther is brilliant in his understanding of the two realms,” says Dr. Joel Biermann. “It’s one of the most substantial areas where we see the tangible reality of theology hitting life.”
The Theological Symposium committee invites proposals for open sectionals for the 34th Annual Theological Symposium, September 17-18, 2024, at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. The title this year is “Technology and the Church: Promise and Peril.” Major technological advances are not for gamblers. They often fail to live up to their promises, but they never fail ..
Spark your thoughts for April 7, 2024! Tune in to “Lectionary Kick-start” for a discussion about the texts for the second Sunday of Easter
This is part five in a series of posts by Dr. David Maxwell. The first was “What Should You Do With Anger and Desire?” The second was “Gregory of Nyssa: Direct the Passions.” The third was “Cyril of Alexandria: Lull Your Passions to Sleep.” The fourth was “Lutheran Theology: Kill Your Passions.” I said in the last post that I ..
Spark your thoughts for Easter Sunday! Tune in to “Lectionary Kick-start” for a discussion about the texts for March 31, 2024
This is part four in a series of posts by Dr. David Maxwell. The first was “What Should You Do With Anger and Desire?” The second was “Gregory of Nyssa: Direct the Passions.” The third was “Cyril of Alexandria: Lull Your Passions to Sleep.” My sense is that Lutheran spirituality leans more in the Stoic ..