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Shifting Center of World Christianity

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Is Christianity a Western religion? Would you say that the Christian Church is waning? Watch this short video of Dr. Douglas Rutt from Concordia Theological Seminary as he addresses these questions. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Shifting Center of World Christianity”, url: “http://www.burrintheburgh.com/2009/06/17/shifting-center-of-world-christianity/” });

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June 17th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

Concordia Lutheran High School Chapel Homily

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Concordia Lutheran High School , Fort Wayne, IN April 22, 2009 Text: 1 Cor 12:12-20; John 15:1-8 Just to introduce myself: I am Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer.  I’m the Director of Admission at Concordia Theological Seminary.  I go all over the country talking to young men about becoming pastors and young women about becoming deaconesses, but that is not [...]

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April 22nd, 2009 at 3:32 pm

The “Deffner Society” Will Awaken

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Dr. Donald Deffner was one of my seminary professors when I attended Concordia Theological Seminary in the early 90s.  He was a great prof.  My favorite class with him was on evangelizing the intellectual.  Deffner was all about striking up conversations with thoughtful people by engaging them via popular books and other media.  He was [...]

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April 3rd, 2009 at 11:53 am

Contending for the Faith

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REGISTER HERE SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Contending for the Faith”, url: “http://www.burrintheburgh.com/2009/04/01/contending-for-the-faith/” });

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April 1st, 2009 at 3:53 pm

Ezekiel 18:19-24 (Homily in Kramer Chapel)

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MP3 Audio Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, There is a German word which I will probably pronounce badly but I will do my best to wrap my anglicized tongue around it: Schadenfreude. Schadenfreude refers to when a person takes pleasure or enjoyment from the hardships of others. A [...]

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September 26th, 2008 at 10:00 am

Language of the Liturgy

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Recently, I read that the Roman Catholic Church will soon be revising the wording of bits of their liturgy. The discussion then ensued about whether liturgical language should be lofty or more colloquial. I noticed from the examples I read online that a number of the “updates” actually bring the new Roman mass closer to [...]

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September 7th, 2008 at 11:25 am