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Lay Bible Institute

Prof Insights: Faculty-Led Workshop 2021 – Professor Lessing Online

Opening Service

The Inauguration of Dr. Thomas J. Egger as 11th President

Opening Weekend Hymn Festival

Theological Symposium

Sixth Annual Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Lecture

Featured Chapel

Featured Chapel Sermon

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Opening Service Aug. 27 marks beginning of new academic year
July 21, 2021
Golden, Prieto join Seminary faculty
July 20, 2021

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“Wherever I serve, I know it is the Lord Jesus who guides me and works through me to meet the needs of the people He places with me.”
— Drew Oswald, Master of Divinity student

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Featured Chapel Sermon

Mark 6:45-56

This Week in Reformation History

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12)
Gen. 9:8–17; Psalm 136:1–9; Eph. 3:14–21; Mark 6:45–56

Mark your calendars! The Opening Weekend Hymn Fest

Mark your calendars! The Opening Weekend Hymn Festival will officially kickoff the 2021-22 Concordia Seminary Concert Series at 3 p.m. CT Sunday, Aug. 29. The public is invited to attend and join us as we take a moment of out of our busy lives to nourish our hearts and minds with God’s gift of beautiful music. The festival will feature our Kreft Chair for Music Arts Dr. James Marriott and the St. Louis Lutheran Chorale. We hope to see you there! You can also live stream the service at csl.edu/live.

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Only one month until Orientation for the 2021-22 a

Only one month until Orientation for the 2021-22 academic year begins! We are so excited to welcome all our new students to campus. The week’s schedule is packed full of important sessions, time for fellowship and fun, and lots of opportunities to get to know all things Concordia Seminary. Who’s coming for Orientation? We can’t wait to see you!

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Summer language courses are just over half way thr

Summer language courses are just over half way through! In just a few weeks, we'll have a whole new group of Greek and Hebrew scholars walking around our campus. Keep these students in your prayers as they continue their studies and dive deep into understanding the biblical languages!

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A wide variety of peppers are growing all over cam

A wide variety of peppers are growing all over campus! You might not even know some are there until you take a closer look. These peppers (and other vegetables and herbs growing around campus) are available for the picking to the whole campus community. One of the joys of summer on campus!

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"Set for 10 a.m. CDT Friday, Aug. 27, Concordia Se

"Set for 10 a.m. CDT Friday, Aug. 27, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis will hold the Opening Service for its 183rd academic year in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus..." Read more about the installations, vicarage and internship assignments, inauguration and other festivities kicking off the new academic year in the Concordia Seminary Newsroom on our website (link in bio)!

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Martin Luther carefully distinguished between the

Martin Luther carefully distinguished between the work of God in the realms of church and state, and his successors have come to term the distinction “the two kingdoms.” Unfortunately, what Luther taught and what is practiced by his followers too often have little in common. Join Dr. Joel Biermann for his workshop, "Wholly Citizens" Aug. 5-7 in Grand Junction, CO, as he leads participants through a careful study of Luther's teaching. Today is the deadline to register! csl.edu/workshop-series

Two new professors joined the faculty at Concordia

Two new professors joined the faculty at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis July 1, 2021. Dr. Kevin Golden is associate professor of Exegetical Theology, and Dr. Ely Prieto is associate professor of Practical Theology, the Lutheran Foundation Professor of Urban and Cross-Cultural Ministry and associate dean for Urban and Cross-Cultural Ministry.

“We are excited to bring two very experienced new faculty members, Dr. Kevin Golden and Dr. Ely Prieto, to Concordia Seminary. Both men have demonstrated their commitment to pastoral ministry and mission in their own way,” said Provost Dr. Douglas L. Rutt. “Dr. Golden is known as a caring, dedicated parish pastor who has distinguished himself as a preacher and teacher. Dr. Prieto brings a depth of mission experience, beginning with his work among people who are deaf in Brazil, all the way to his time as a missionary in the San Antonio area working with immigrants. It has been my privilege to have known them for many years and I look forward to working with them here at the Seminary.”

Read more at csl.edu/newsroom.

Join in-person or online for the 2021 Theological

Join in-person or online for the 2021 Theological Symposium, "Whatever is Lovely: The Role of Beauty in Theology and Ministry," Sept. 21-22. Plenaries and sectionals will offer various ways that the arts can enrich ministry, inspire hope and surprise with joy.

Plenary speakers include:
Dr. David Schmitt, the Gregg H. Benidt Memorial Professor of Homiletics and Literature, Professor of Practical Theology and Chairman of the Department of Practical Theology, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Dr. James K. A. Smith, award-winning author, editor of Image journal and Professor of Philosophy and the Gary and Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview at Calvin University

Dr. Mark Mattes, Professor of Theology and Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Grand View University

Dr. Dean Nadasdy, President Emeritus of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Minnesota South District

Learn more and register by Aug. 31 at csl.edu/symposium.

Mark your calendars for the Sixth Annual Dr. Jack

Mark your calendars for the Sixth Annual Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Lecture in New Testament Theology slated for 7 p.m. Sept. 21 on campus in Werner Auditorium. Dr. James Voelz will present "Contemporary Physics, Deconstruction and the Interpretation of Scripture." Free and open to the public. Learn more at csl.edu.