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Irenaeus

Happy Irenaeus Day!

June 28, 2010

Today is the commemoration of St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, martyred c. 202. I was privileged to take a course while in seminary taught by Dr. William Weinrich on Irenaeus, as part of his wonderful “Fathers and Heretics” series. Other than Luther (and, it ought to go without saying, the Holy Scriptures), Irenaeus has certainly [...]

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Sanctity of Human Life/Epiphany II sermon

January 17, 2010

I was asked to write the sermon for the LCMS Life Ministry’s resource for Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, coinciding this year with Epiphany II. The following is that sermon, slightly modified for use in my own parish. “In the beginning, God created” (Gen. 1). That’s who God is. The One who creates. Outside of [...]

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On reading the Scriptures

September 12, 2009

If any one, therefore, reads the Scriptures with attention, he will find in them an account of Christ, and a foreshadowing of the new calling. -Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book IV, Chapter XXVI

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