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01. Specific Ministry Pastor(SMP) explained.
No full textDr. Thompson explains the SMP program for those people or congregations that are interested.
Learn more at Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP).https://scholar.csl.edu/smpintro/1005/thumbnail.jp
030. Luke 10:1-9
Get PDFChapel Sermon by Paul Sieveking from Luke 10:1-9 on Wednesday, October 18, 2023
031. Acts 15:12-22a
Get PDFChapel Sermon by Vilson Scholz from Acts 15:12-22a on Monday, October 23, 2023
Ezekiel 34:11–16, 20-24
No full textEzekiel 34:11–16, 20-24 presented by Kevin Golden for the First reading for Sunday, November 26, 2023, Last Sunday after Pentecost (prop29)
042. Matthew 23:1-12
Get PDFChapel Sermon by Joel Fritsche from Matthew 23:1-12 on Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Isaiah 61:01-04, 08-11
No full textIsaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 presented by Philip Penhallegon for the First reading (Series B) for Sunday, December 31, 2023, First Sunday after Christmas
046. Romans 13:1-7
Get PDFChapel Sermon by Timothy Dost from Romans 13:1-7 on Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Love as the Reason and Limit of Freedom and the Church as “No Man’s Land” in the Midst of Society: A European Perspective
No full textWestern societies are polarizing and are coming under pressure from within and without. Unresolved global threats such as the ecological crisis and the scarcity of resources are accompanied by a new complexity of political powers. At the same time, the forces of social cohesion, which had long proved to be based on a mix of enlightened rationality and Christian values, are eroding. Where does the church stand in this situation? Does it become an actor alongside others in the struggle for cultural dominance? Or does it succeed in finding its place anew? What does it mean for its place in society if the mission of its preaching is not to secure a particular society, however, it is imagined, but to call sinners out of the bonds of death into the freedom of the justified children of God? This sectional will explore suggestions from the Lutheran theologian Hans Joachim Iwand (1899-1960), who in the 1950s, in the face of the ethical-cultural devastation after National Socialism, asked what Christians could contribute to the well-being and freedom of a life-serving political community
Eschatological Hope Amid Present Infidelity in Hosea 2
No full textThe eighth century B.C. prophet Hosea famously describes the sin of Israel as a fornicating wife who is unfaithful to Yahweh. Hosea also depicts Israel as a wayward son who turns aside from his loving father Yahweh. The second chapter of Hosea’s prophetic work summarizes the judgment upon Israel for such infidelity, calling God’s people to repentance. Yet before the summary judgment and call to repentance, Yahweh offers hope of eschatological restoration. The dynamic of the second chapter of Hosea not only captures Yahweh’s prophetic word for eighth century B.C. Israel but also delivers hope for the church today as we are called to repentance for our own infidelity to Yahweh
What About the Lutherans?: Surveying Contemporary Lutheran Public Ecclesiologies for a Secular Age
No full textAs the church lost its privileged place in Western culture and the secular imagination began to dominate social and cultural configurations, lines were drawn between what was public and what was private. In the modern secular imagination, the church came to be thought of as disembodied, privatized and depoliticized. In response to this, several theologians have sought to recover the church’s identity as a distinct public in the modern world. But what about the Lutherans? How have Lutheran theologians sought to offer a public ecclesiology for a secular age? This presentation surveys the work of three contemporary Lutheran theologians who have taken up this question: David S. Yeago, Cheryl M. Peterson and Theodore J. Hopkins. After engaging with their respective thought, the presentation outlines several principles and distinctions to guide ongoing reflection on the question of a Lutheran public ecclesiology for a secular age with a focus on political and economic theology