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This re-broadcast podcast covers the four-week summer preaching series on 1 John (first aired in July 2014 — note Dr. Koester’s opening reference to “three Sundays in July and one in August” is not applicable (...)

Podcast on John 20:1-18, the Narrative Lectionary reading for Apr. 1, 2018, (Easter Sunday) featuring Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Craig Koester, and Karoline Lewis. Podcast recorded at Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn.

When I was invited to preach on John 3 recently,1 I had the stories and the predicament of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. very much on my mind. As I worked with the text and (...)

#DoItForJohn. A hashtag suggestion by a Facebook friend in response to last week’s column when I invited you to abide in all of John 6. Not letting go. Not bailing on the Bread of Life, (...)

Discussion on texts for Third Sunday of Easter (April 19, 2015): (Gospel) Luke 24:36b-48; (First Reading) Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; (Second Reading) 1 John 3:1-7.

John 3:14. Not even a close second to John 3:16 but certainly the reason why these verses from Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus make up the designated Gospel pericope for the fourth Sunday in Lent. Any (...)

Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Craig Koester, and Kathryn Schifferdecker for “I Love to Tell the Story,” a conversation on Year 4 of the narrative lectionary. This podcast covers the text for Feb. 2, 2014: John (...)

Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Craig Koester, and Kathryn Schifferdecker for “I Love to Tell the Story,” a conversation on Year 4 of the narrative lectionary. This podcast covers the text for Jan. 5, 2014: John (...)

Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Karoline Lewis, and Matt Skinner for a conversation around preaching the lectionary texts for Easter 3: John 21:1-19; Acts 9:1-6 [7-20]; Psalm 30(11); Revelation 5:11-14

John’s gospel includes a number of rather lengthy discourses on different topics. Some, like the discourse on the Good Shepherd, takes up most of John 10. The Farewell Discourses include all of John 14-17. These (...)