Preach the Word – March/April

Volume 22, Number 4 Apologetics in Preaching: Resurrection Apologetics I have to admit, to my great shame, that I had trouble preaching during the Easter season. Easter Sunday was great. Preaching on Doubting Thomas the ...

Wired for Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain

William Struthers is an associate professor of psychology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He teaches courses on behavioral neuroscience, men and addictions, and ...

Four Branches February 2019

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical   Exegetical Theology: God's New Thing The Exodus from Egypt was a tremendous act of deliverance by God. In Isaiah 43:16-21 (Lent 5C), God reminds his people of this ...

Commentary on 1 and 2 Timothy

Commentary on 1 and 2 Timothy, by Johann Gerhard. Translated by Joshua J. Hayes.  Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017. 231 pages. The Concordia Theological Seminary Master of Divinity Class of 2017 and Alternate Route ...

Jesus Redefines Our Best Days!

I’ve only preached on next Sunday’s gospel (Luke 6:17-26) twice in 33 years.  (No doubt shorter Epiphany seasons and 20 years of professor-ing have played into that reality.)  As I looked back, both times I ...

The Commentators’ Bible: Deuteronomy

The Commentators’ Bible: Deuteronomy: The Rubin JPS Miqra’ot Gedolot, edited, translated, and annotated by Michael Carasik. Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society, 2015. 296 pages. Michael Carasik teaches Biblical Hebrew at the University of Pennsylvania. ...

Built on the Rock: The Healthy Congregation

Ted Kober is Senior Ambassador for Ambassadors of Reconciliation, a para-synodical organization of the LCMS. From its founding until 2015 he was the president of Ambassadors of Reconciliation. He has also published articles, Bible studies, ...

Preach the Word – January/February

Volume 22, Number 3 Apologetics in Preaching: A Claim on Reality I teach freshman, a lot of freshman. As I become acquainted with the spiritual lives of these brand-new college students, it is apparent that ...

Four Branches January 2019

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: The Holiness of God The doorposts and thresholds were shaking. The temple was filled with smoke. The seraphim were covering their faces and their feet. And Isaiah ...