We will, by God’s mercy, shape and build you as a servant and laborer in God’s Kingdom and prepare you for a consecrated life of ministry in the LCMS. Our mission statements sums it up: Concordia Theological Seminary exists to form servants in Jesus Christ who will teach the faithful, reach the lost and care [...]
Also tagged bible, church, CTS, curriculum, Fort Wayne, Greek, History, Pastoral Formation, Seminary, worshipFort 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 [...]
So, you have survived Greek. You have even mastered the 300 uses of “kai”. Now, you think to yourself, “Self, why should I learn Hebrew? After all, there is a perfectly good Greek translation of the Old Testament called the Septuagint (LXX).” On the surface this looks like good thinking, or [...]
Also tagged LXX, Masoretic Text, Old Testament, SeptuagintWhy Hebrew? It is a well known fact that Hebrew is the “dead” language of the Old Testament. All that backward writing, peculiar scribbling, odd sounding stuff is out of date and fashion since Christ became flesh to dwell among us. What is the point and purpose of the painful effort to absorb an ancient [...]
Also tagged Biblical Language, Old TestamentBy Prof. Charles Gieschen, Ph.D., Chairman of Dept. of Exegetical Theology
Such an “evil” thought has entered the mind of many a man considering seminary! Men who are excited about coming to prepare for the pastoral office often have their enthusiasm tempered by the reality that the first class they must take before formally beginning [...]
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