Proper 12 • Deuteronomy 7:6-9 • July 27, 2014

God, our faithful God, keeps his word and covenant in redemption and forgiveness

Proper 14 • Job 38:4–18 • August 10, 2014

In keeping with the flow of the book of Job, the preacher should replace the listener’s sense of indignation with a sense of wonder at God’s majesty and his grace

BLESSED ARE THE BALANCED: A Seminarian’s Guide to Following Jesus in the Academy

Pettit and Mangum’s book focuses specifically on a seminarian’s spiritual life while at the “academy.” There are echoes of Tripp

Enriching Families in the Parish Through the Use of Musical Drama

Healthy families are important for the health of the congregation. Many churches see the need to focus energy on strengthening families. Musical drama based on the life of Jesus has its roots in the liturgy. The musical dramas presented at Zion Lutheran, Litchfield, Illinois, involved families and provided opportunities for their enrichment. By developing and implementing a plan for musical drama to enrich families at Redeemer Lutheran, Springfield, Missouri, the author sought to strengthen these families, providing opportunities to build positive assets or building blocks into their lives. Participants who filled out surveys confirmed growth in positive assets

The Preservation and Restoration of Creation with a Special Reference to Romans 8:18-23

The topic dealt with in this dissertation is The Preservation and Restoration of Creation. In dealing with this topic there is A Special Reference to Rom. 8:18-23 since this passage, if any, is the sedes doctrinae of such a topic. To deal with this passage of Scripture in connection with the Restoration of Creation is not at all exotic or peripheral to the Gospel message. R. C. H. Lenski sees the teaching of this pericope as the final result of justification by faith as it is depicted by Paul. This is the great consolation section ofRomans. 1If the human body is truly an integral part of God\u27s physical Creation, then, the physical Creation -- along with man\u27s body -- shares the same fate. The question is one of the extent of God\u27s gracious salvation. Shall He resurrect and transform the human body, but not the rest of His material Creation -- as if the body of man were somehow categorically distinct from it? Or is it that God shall restore and transform the whole of His Creation -- in His own order? The answer to these questions, of course, can be known only by God\u27s revelation concerning the matter, and this is why Rom. 8:18-23 and other pertinent passages will be examined