By Joel Okamoto We will debut our revised Master of Divinity (M.Div.) curriculum this fall. As chair of the M.Div. curriculum review committee, I have received a lot of questions. […]

Rev. Eric Ekong’s parish in Jackson, Mich., is about 480 miles away from the Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Despite the miles, he continues to find ways to be connected to […]

The brilliance of the Christian message is that it communicates directly with people — sinners and saints — where they are living and making a living in ordinary, everyday life […]

By Kim Plummer Krull [caption id="attachment_72057" align="alignright" width="250"] Joel Heckmann Photo: Kendra Whittle[/caption] When Joel Heckmann needed to write a research paper on a “topic of interest” for his LCMS […]

By Paul Robinson The Reformation had to be a political event. Though we might think of the Reformation in spiritual terms and view its legacy primarily as a renewed understanding […]

On Thursday nights in the Denver metropolitan area, about 125-200 people, many of them homeless and struggling in their lives, come to The Table for a free meal and hope. […]

Rev. Brad Birtell of St. John Lutheran Church in Columbus, Neb., stood before the Concordia Seminary community in chapel in October. For three days he preached as part of his […]

Dr. Erik Herrmann devotes significant time and energy at Concordia Seminary studying and talking about a man who lived, worked and died nearly 500 years ago. But to Herrmann, the […]

By Jackie Parker [caption id="attachment_69344" align="alignleft" width="395"]Niklas Brandt became interested in coming to Concordia Seminary in 2013 after attending a symposium at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Oberursel, Germany. Photo: Jackie […]

By Erik Herrmann Martin Luther is often described as a theologian of the Word. One can understand this in several ways. First, Luther’s formal vocation was “doctor in Biblia”— a […]

By Kim Plummer Krull As Lutherans throughout the world celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017, Seminary students are preparing to carry forth the Reformation’s Gospel message, each […]

By Jackie Parker During a recent class this winter, first-year students were reminded how the posts they make on social media can have a positive — or negative — effect […]