Pastors

Dig deeper into Scripture with these blog posts and articles curated for pastors. Gain meaningful insights to share with your congregation members.

  • Ordinary Callings: April 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Ordinary Callings: April 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar

    In college, I attended a Bible study hosted at a pastor’s home. One week, he said our homework was to make a list of our biggest questions about faith, and we’d discuss them and seek...

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: Mark 10:35–45

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: Mark 10:35–45

    I grew up reading comic books (often when I should have been studying). I was fascinated by the heroes, stories, art, and action. Back then, you could buy comic books at the grocery...

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  • Assurance for Times of Change | CPH Podcast with Christopher M. Kennedy24:22

    Assurance for Times of Change | CPH Podcast with Christopher M. Kennedy

    On this episode of The Concordia Publishing House Podcast, Pastor Chris Kennedy joins host Elizabeth Pittman to preview his newest book, Unfailing: God’s Assurance for Times of Change. Pastor Kennedy

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  • The Gospel of Matthew: An Overview

    The Gospel of Matthew: An Overview

    The first book of the New Testament begins in a manner similar to the first book of the Old Testament: focused on genealogy (cf Matthew 1:1–17; Genesis 5). Matthew sketches for us a human...

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: Genesis 22:1–18

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: Genesis 22:1–18

    The United States enjoys what is largely a free-market economy. Those entering and competing in the free-market economy vie for the attention of the consumer and do so, in part, with...

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  • The Major Prophets: An Overview

    The Major Prophets: An Overview

     

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  • Malachi: An Overview

    Malachi: An Overview

    God speaks through Malachi to rebuke His people for their unrighteousness, specifically the priests for their failure to fulfill their duties and to those marrying foreign idolatrous...

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: Ephesians 5:22–33

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: Ephesians 5:22–33

    When working with couples in premarital counseling, we study a range of topics germane to wedding and marriage, such as finances, children, in-laws, chores in the home, expectations, and...

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  • Zechariah: An Overview

    Zechariah: An Overview

    When Zechariah was prophesying, the people of Judah were standing amidst the destruction of their once glorious city. With no city and no temple, the people of Judah had no hope; they...

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: Psalm 126

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: Psalm 126

    In this psalm, after the Israelites had been exiled in Babylon for seventy years, we see God’s restoration of His people—not merely restoration from exile but foreshadowing our spiritual...

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  • Overview: The Books of Wisdom and Poetry

    Overview: The Books of Wisdom and Poetry

    The Books of Wisdom and Poetry are commonly used as guides for the lives of the Israelites in biblical times and us today....

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  • Zephaniah: An Overview

    Zephaniah: An Overview

    The day of the Lord is a permeating theme in Zephaniah. Zephaniah recorded God’s warning to Judah and Judah’s enemies about His coming judgment. However, God also assured Judah that on the...

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  • Martin Luther on Vice and Virtue1:59

    Martin Luther on Vice and Virtue

    How do the concepts of vice and virtue fit into Lutheran understanding? Pastor Michael T. Fieberkorn explores how Martin Luther used the language of vice to describe sin and virtue as qualities the Ho

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5

    When I was eleven years old and in sixth grade, my mom took me to an informational meeting at church regarding Boy Scouts of America. Attendees discussed the idea of organizing, or I...

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  • How to Get in the Christmas Season Like a Lutheran0:40

    How to Get in the Christmas Season Like a Lutheran

    Pastor Michael Fieberkorn shares warm Christmas blessings. His new book, Battle of the Soul: Luther Reforms Vice and Virtue, shows how God uses the Gospel to overcome unbelief in our lives - a fitting

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  • Christmas Blessings from Author Michael Fieberkorn0:33

    Christmas Blessings from Author Michael Fieberkorn

    Prepare your hearts and minds theologically for the celebration of our Lord's birth with Pastor Michael Fieberkorn's new book, Battle of the Soul: Luther Reforms Vice and Virtue. Gift this book to yo

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  • Christmas blessings from Author Christopher Kennedy0:38

    Christmas blessings from Author Christopher Kennedy

    "May He fill your heart with joy as we celebrate the birth of our Savior!" This Christmas greeting is from author Christopher Kennedy. Pastor Kennedy's most recent book, Jesus Said What, which provide

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  • Christmas Blessings from Author Alfonso Espinosa1:00

    Christmas Blessings from Author Alfonso Espinosa

    Celebrate the light of Jesus' salvation Christmas this season and beyond into our vocations of family, church, and state with Pastor Alfonso Espinosa's new book Faith that Shines in the Culture. Gift

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  • What Is the Communion of Saints?

    What Is the Communion of Saints?

    The following explanation of the Communion of Saints is adapted from Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Creed.

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  • Haggai: An Overview

    Haggai: An Overview

    Is it safe to build the temple again? Are we going to be destroyed by another nation? The people of Judah were asking these questions during Haggai's time, and God used Haggai to reveal...

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