Posted by Sarah Henrich on 12/1/2015 6:07 AM
Podcast features Luther Seminary professors Eric Barreto, Kathryn Schifferdecker and Sarah Henrich.
How to choose? Almost every script passage repays study by unfolding into a Word that matters deeply, often surprisingly.
Over the years, passages to which I’ve been asked to turn my attention rather than things that just “jumped out at me” have become my favorites. The realism and humility of Ecclesiastes 3:9-15, for instance, or the images of hope for all God’s people in …
Posted by Matt Skinner on 8/13/2015 9:24 PM
Matt Skinner, professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, marvels at Acts 2 and how Peter's sermon on the Day of Pentecost describes a church of prophets -- a church made up of believers whose job it is to interpret how God is at work in the world and in one another's lives.
Posted by Matt Skinner on 8/1/2014 6:21 AM
Podcast discussion with Eric Barreto, Cameron Howard and Matt Skinner.
Article written by Matt Skinner.
Can we experience unified communities and faithful living when people disagree? If Christians take differing positions on ethical issues or can’t agree about a particular course of action, have they failed at listening to the Holy Spirit?
We do not always hear the Holy Spirit as an unmistakably uniform voice. What if that’s part of how the Spirit works? What if Christians can still …
Posted by Eric Barreto on 5/1/2013 12:00 AM
Podcast discussion with Eric Barreto, Cameron Howard, and Matt Skinner. Article written by Eric Barreto.
Wouldn’t life be easier if we were all the same? If we all spoke the same language, wouldn’t we avoid so many of the conflicts and rifts that destroy our relationships? If we all shared a common culture, wouldn’t we all be much better off?
Where We’ve Gone Astray
Too often, Christians have hoped for a time when our differences would cease, when in Christ we would all …
Posted by Lois Malcolm on 5/1/2012 9:44 AM
Podcast discussion with Eric Barreto, Kathryn Schifferdecker and Lois Malcolm.
Article written by Lois Malcolm.
Who is the Holy Spirit? We often have difficulty answering this question and perhaps are rightly suspicious of those who are only too eager with a response.
Yet the Spirit is as close to us as our nearest breath. The Hebrew word for "spirit" (ruach) means wind or breath of life -- the animating power in people, animals, and even evil spirits. The same word is used for God's life-giving …