I expect to be soaking in the blood of Jesus when the preacher says, “Amen.” That bright red river of life from the cross of Calvary makes the robes of God’s people white like snow. The professors at Concordia Theological Seminary would say that a sermon should be a good exposition of Law [...]
Tagged , blood, Homily, Jesus, Preaching, SermonAt the center of Saarinen’s architectural masterpiece (Concordia Theological Seminary’s campus) is Kramer Chapel. It sits in the middle of 192 acres. Our man-made lake gave its dirt so that Kramer could also be the highest point. I’m glad its there. Whether or not Saarinen had any theological reasoning for the [...]
Tagged CTS, formation, Kramer Chapel, seminary education, worshipSt. Paul says that faith comes by hearing. It comes by hearing the Word of Christ. But what happens when you are deaf and can’t hear with your ears? Then you hear with your eyes. The Lord continues to call men from the church to minister to the Deaf. AND [...]
Tagged bible, church, Deaf, interpreting, LutheranThe Apostle Peter’s confession is the center of Christian worship. It is upon that confession that the Church is built and that the Church continues to triumph in the midst a dark and sneaky world. We receive our life through the Son of the Living God. It comes from no other. [...]
Tagged Christianity, Islam, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, The Son of GodSatan hates call day. He can see the work that is about to be done. He knows of the battles he will face. Christ is glorified and the Father is honored because today men will be called into the Office of the Holy Ministry. These men will stand in the stead [...]
Tagged Divine Call, Holy Ministry, Preaching, SeminaryIn last Sunday’s adult Bible class, our pastor was talking about the meaning of suffering. In philosophy, the problem of evil/suffering is called theodicy. For religiously oriented folk, the question is really about the nature of God. Here are three propositions which orthodox Christians hold to be true:
God is perfectly good
God is [...]
The instrumental part that Miriam played in helping Moses and the Israelites to the Promise Land, Cana, is a beautiful metaphor for what we experience today in the edification of the Church. God chose Moses to be the pastor to His chosen people, and lead them through the wilderness. Likewise, both Aaron and Miriam were [...]
Tagged Church Work, gender, VocationEach year, Concordia Theological Seminary holds a two-week intense academy for high school aged young men that are interested in becoming a pastor. Christ Academy will celebrate its tenth year this summer (June 15-28). It may sound boring to some…but two weeks with other young men the same age - that are interested [...]
Tagged Christ Academy, High School, Kramer Chapel, TheologyYou can hear the noise, even through Kramer’s thick concrete walls. The world’s celebration-in the muddy waters of debauchery-rings in the ears of God’s people, even the ears of seminarians, seminary professors, and the clergy of Christ’s Church. And the muddy water threatens to quietly seep into the lives of the Church, to [...]
Most people know that there was an earthquake in southern Illinois at aroudn 5:40am (EDT) which we felt here in Fort Wayne. Just a minute ago (11:19am EDT) I felt another one. I was IM’ing with Adriane and she thought I was nuts. Marsha, our Relocation Coordinator felt it and so did her husband in [...]
Tagged aftershock, earthquake, Illinois, Indiana
6600 N. Clinton Street 
