We all remember with horror the ways in which traditional views on such matters as human sexuality were rejected and belittled at the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering. Here is a…
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In the fall of 2021, St. Paul Lutheran Seminary launched a new academic Journal called SIMUL, and since that time its pages have featured articles by Bob Benne, Mark Granquist,…
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“For the Lord will not abandon His people, nor will He forsake His inheritance. For judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. Who…
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“So He brought them to His holy land, to this hill country which His right hand had gained. He also drove out the nations before them and apportioned them for…
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“Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.  Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for You will judge the peoples with uprightness…
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“Come and hear, all who fear God, and I will tell of what He has done for my soul.  I cried to Him with my mouth, and He was extolled…
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“Come,” He replied, “and you will see.” (John 1:39) Our Lord spoke these words to St. Andrew, whose feast day is today (Nov. 30).  Church tradition often calls Andrew “the…
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WE ALL HAVE TO GET OUR OWN OIL Devotional for November 12, 2017 based upon Matthew 25: 1-13 At one point all ten had brightly burning lamps. All ten had…
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“Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?” (Genesis 50:19) Joseph’s brothers had cruelly rejected him and sold him into slavery.  Now, in the days following their…
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