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Episode 34-Job’s Platitudes - Dr. Tim Saleska
Full text linkThe wisdom in the book of Job often gets tangled with platitudes of our own making. Which is which? “Job is dealing with the idea of a kind of a suffering that’s incomprehensible and he gives us permission to speak very differently to and about God,” said Dr. Tim Saleska, professor of exegetical theology. Join us as Dr. Saleska faces Job head-on.
This podcast is also available at concordiatheology.org and all major podcast platforms.
This podcast is also available at concordiatheology.org and all major podcast platforms
Following the Mission Leader: The Value of Imitational Learning in the Training of Apostolic Church Planting Teams at Memorial Lutheran Church in Katy, Texas
Full text linkDavis, Jr., John F. “Following the Mission Leader: The Value of Imitational Learning in the Training of Apostolic Church Planting Teams at Memorial Lutheran Church in Katy, TX.” Doctor of Ministry. Major Applied Project, Concordia Seminary, 2025. pp. 272
Reaching the unchurched and unbaptized in our communities with the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a huge challenge for most of our churches. In The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the number of adults being baptized in the churches (a measure of our effectiveness in carrying out the Missio Dei) is less than one per year. To reach people who have no church experience and no predisposition to attend church one must go out to reach them with the hope of forming new communities of new disciples, and one must train God’s people to be able to do so. This MAP focuses on that training process, and particularly the imitational learning element of that training. Because relationships and conversations are so important in being able to give witness to Christ among those who don’t know Jesus, imitational learning is essential to be able to prepare God’s people to have spiritual conversations with their neighbors. This imitational learning is part of a model of planting the Church that goes back to the apostles and the early Church. There a mission leader lived and ministered in such a way that was to be imitated by those who followed and learned from him. The project was focused on the effectiveness of this aspect of training in a pilot apostolic church planting team that utilized a called missionary to lead a community of lay people in becoming disciples who make disciples through spiritual conversations. The accompanied research revealed positive impacts and fruit borne in the imitational learning aspect of the training and also offered areas to be refined for future planting teams
137. John 21:1-14
Full text linkChapel Sermon by Joel Elowsky from John 21:1-14 on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
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150. Genesis 18:1-15
Full text linkChapel Sermon by Ryan Tinetti from Genesis 18:1-15 on Monday, May 12, 2025.
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5-14-25 Voelz Retirement
No full textRetirement of Dr. James Voelz after 50 years of service.https://scholar.csl.edu/awardsandscholarships/1001/thumbnail.jp
02-46 Fourth Sunday in Lent
Full text linkEach week Jessica Bordeleau hosts Dr. Peter Nafzger and Dr. David Schmitt in a discussion about the lectionary texts for upcoming Sundays. The texts for March 30th, the fourth Sunday in Lent are Psalm 32:1–11, Isaiah 12:1–6, 2 Corinthians 5:16–21, Luke 15:1–3, 11-32.
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104. Book Blurbs Rick Marrs, Wholeness Wheel Bible Study
No full textConcordia Seminary’s Dean of Theological Research and Publication Dr. Kevin Golden sits down with Professor of Practical Theology Dr. Rick Marrs to discuss Marrs’ newly published piece, “Wholeness Wheel Bible Study: The Balanced Life in Christ” (The Lutheran Foundation, 2025) in this Concordia Theology Book Blurbs segment. Marrs, who was involved in the spiritual formation of Concordia Seminary students, had incorporated the aspects of the “Wholeness Wheel” into their spiritual development. When approached to write a Bible study version for lay people, he quickly agreed. “If pastors are thinking about it when they’re out [in their congregations], then shouldn’t they have something that communicates to their laypeople that ‘This is what I am thinking about for my Christian life; what would you like to think about on these various aspects of balancing out your life in Christ to this wholeness wheel?” Marrs relates the importance of this Bible study for church workers and lay people alike. “This makes it more concrete because it connects us to our spiritual life … embedded within our relational lives, our emotional lives, our physical lives … this is all stewardship of the bodies of the lives [God] has given us,” says Marrs. Beyond intentionality, Marrs advises people who read the Bible study to begin the healthy practices it encourages slowly and to build upon them, “Everybody needs to find what is going to work for them, make that a habit, try to build on it and see how much it improves their physical health, which then probably gives them more energy for their relational health … and all the other areas of the “Wholeness Wheel.”\u3e/p\u3ehttps://scholar.csl.edu/cjc/1103/thumbnail.jp