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In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Jeremiah was not real fond of his lectionary. God had given him the unenviable task of calling the city of Jerusalem to repentance for their unbelief, their evil sacrifices to Baal, and their lackadaisicalness if not outright hostility toward the God of [...]
In the midst of a dark and dying world, Christ brings light and life. Through the work of his cross - his blood washes and nourishes the sinner. He brings his good news and forges a relationship with you through his Office of the Holy Ministry of Word and Sacrament. Weak and sinful men carry [...]
Tagged Christ, Christ Academy, CTS, Seminary, SwedenPreaching is one of the most challenging, enjoyable and dangerous things any pastor will do. The responsibility is tremendous and the world allies with our sinful flesh to make preachers deliver poor sermons and to distract inattentive hearers.
The newly minted pastors leaving the seminary for their first calls have had excellent homiletical training from [...]
Fort Wayne, IN - May 12-14
EZEKIEL
Horace D. Hummel, Ph.D.
A study of the varied contents and message of this often neglected major prophet. How do we move from “What it meant” to “what it means”? Or is that the proper procedure? Ezekiel’s often strange visions and action-prophecies (not symbolical [...]
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, worshipThe 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, SeminaryEach 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, TheologyHave you seen the television commercial where the man is lying on a couch pouring his heart out to a psychologist? After a bit the psychologist begins to speak, only he is speaking Italian and the patient doesn’t understand a word of what he is saying. The commercial goes on to say that this makes [...]
Tagged Communication, God's Word, Preaching, Relevance
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