Archive for the ‘Seminary’ Category
Christ Academy Sermon, 2008
June 21, 2008Text: Colossians 2: 1-12
When I was a teenager – about 150,000 years ago – I was a pretty big fan of riding roller coasters. The amusement park near where I grew up in Kansas City, MO is called Worlds of Fun. I can remember the first roller coaster that I ever [...]
The Annunciation
I posted a commentary on the incarnation and abortion over at the seminary blog. Go here to check it out.
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Vampire Author’s Second Novel About Jesus
I’m thoroughly enjoying Anne Rice’s second novel about Jesus, having read and enjoyed the first when it came out. It’s called, Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana. Her first novel about Jesus which looked at a portion of his childhood is Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt.
I am one who has [...]
Challenge of Islam
It’s not very politically correct, and in some quarters is not even safe, to say that Islam is a problem. A couple of years ago, I spent several days in the Kenya/Sudan border town of Lokichoggio in the Turkana district of Kenya. If you’ve seen the movie Constant Gardener, Loki factors into that [...]
Take Up Your Cross and Follow
Below is the homily I delivered this morning in chapel.
Kramer ChapelFebruary 4, 2008Text: Luke 9:23-27
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake [...]
Be Inspired. Stay Informed.
The seminary admission office is delighted to announce a new monthly electronic newsletter called ePilgrimage. This is our latest project to help us stay in touch with inquirers, friends and supporters. It is a supplement to the quarterly printed and mailed version called simply Pilgrimage and that will [...]
The Sad Death of Actor Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger’s most critically acclaimed performance was for the recent Brokeback Mountain, a film I did not happen to see. But I could tell from several earlier performances such as The Patriot and Monster’s Ball that this was a young artist of considerable promise. It is with some sadness then that I write [...]
Erin Bode Wows the Crowd
St. Louis songstress, Erin Bode, was a huge hit at the banquet this evening at the Grand Wayne Center here in Fort Wayne. Every year, Concordia Theological Seminary hosts its annual Exegetical and Confessional Symposia. This year the topic was on the Atonement. And every year, the Thursday night of Symposia week [...]
Voting for Best Religion Blog
As you may know, we’ve launched a new blog from the Admission Department of Concordia Theological Seminary. It’s called Concordia TheoBLOGical Seminary. Cute, eh? We’re trying hard to use that new blog to bring attention to our school and to hopefully inspire prospective students to inquire.
If you have 2 minutes, you could [...]
Symposium on the Atonement
Why did Jesus die on the cross? I wrote a blog post on that question a while back and it is by far the number one most viewed post on this blog still to this day. Not that I wrote something so terrific. But I still get Google hits on it daily. [...]
