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168. Jeremiah 23:16-22
Get PDFChapel Sermon by James Fickenscher from Jeremiah 23:16-22 on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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03-07 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Get PDFEach week Jessica Bordeleau hosts Dr. Peter Nafzger and Dr. David Schmitt in a discussion about the lectionary texts for upcoming Sundays. The texts for July 20th, Sixth Sunday after Pentecost are Psalm 27:1–6, 7-14, Genesis 18:1–10a, 10b-14, Colossians 1:21–29, and Luke 10:38–42.
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03-08 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Get PDFEach week Jessica Bordeleau hosts Dr. Peter Nafzger and Dr. David Schmitt in a discussion about the lectionary texts for upcoming Sundays. The texts for July 27th, Seventh Sunday after Pentecost are Psalm 138:1–8, Genesis 18:17–19, 20-23, Colossians 2:6–15, 16-19, and Luke 11:1–13.
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45-Children and Musical Faith Formation – Dr. Samuel and Lois Eatherton
Get PDFIn which ways does music inform the spiritual development of children? Concordia Seminary, St. Louis has received a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Children in Worship Initiative. “We learn things as children, especially musically because it gets inside of us,” said Dr. Samuel Eatherton, professor of practical theology and Kantor at Concordia Seminary, “we have it for a lifetime because we learned it as children.” Join the conversation between Dr. Samuel Eatherton and Mrs. Lois Eatherton, project coordinator for the recently awarded grant as they discuss music and faith formation.
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Seeing Through the Incense Smoke: Understanding the Meanings of Ancestral Rites in Vietnam for the Sake of a Pastoral Approach in Christian Mission
Get PDFCima, J.P. “Seeing Through the Incense Smoke: Understanding the Meanings of Ancestral Rites in Vietnam for the Sake of a Pastoral Approach in Christian Mission.” Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary, 2025. 285 pp.
The veneration of ancestors at family altars has long been a defining feature of everyday Vietnamese life that poses a critical missiological problem for Christian mission in Vietnam. May Christians participate in ancestral veneration rituals? Current and historical responses to this question, among Protestants and Catholics alike, have not been uniform. Moreover, many responses have been based on assumed or oversimplified understandings of the rites’ meaning which recent anthropological research have problematized. Further, these responses have been made without adequate consultation with the Vietnamese themselves. This qualitative study seeks to correct these shortcomings by utilizing in-person interviews to probe how non-Christian Vietnamese practitioners of ancestral veneration at the family altar describe its meanings. A deep analysis of the interviews reveals the meaning of ancestor veneration to be plural and fluid. The study identifies not one definitive meaning of ancestor veneration, but rather a variety of meanings, summarized under four broad categories: distinguishing form from content, understanding the individual in light of the family, securing human benefit and/or ancestor benefit, and connecting the past through the present to the future. Based on these results, the study argues that monolithic Christian responses to ancestor veneration are not helpful and instead suggests a pastoral approach that listens for and responds to the heart-level meanings of each practitioner. This approach is aided by the writings of Martin Luther (and others) on three relevant theological topics: the First and Fourth Commandments, the cult of the saints, and vocation. Luther’s insights on these topics provide a theological foundation for a Christian ancestral practice but also clearly define its boundaries, allowing for a nuanced, compassionate, faithful, and contextual response to ancestral veneration in Vietnam
Luke 14:25-35
No full textLuke 14:25-35 presented by Bruce Schuchard for the Gospel reading for Sunday, September 7, 2025, 13th Sunday after Pentecost (prop18)
189. Luke 1:39-55
Get PDFChapel Sermon by Jason Lane from Luke 1:39-55 on Friday, August 15, 2025.
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190. Mark 10:23-31
Get PDFChapel Sermon by Paul Flo from Mark 10:23-31 on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.
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