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This sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Mark Swanson for LSTC’s online chapel service on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Dr. Swanson is the Harold S. Vogelaar Professor of Christian-Muslim Studies & Interfaith Relations and Associate Director of Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice.

Maddie Tallman (M.Div., ’20) preached for LSTC’s online chapel service on Monday, April 27th. The texts for this service were Proverbs 8:32 – 9:6 and 1 Peter 1:23-25.

This sermon was preached in worship held online on April 22, 2020 – on the global commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day – by Dr. Klaus-Peter Adam, Associate Professor of Old Testament. The text for this service, Jonah 2:1-10, recounts the story of God’s reluctant messenger in the belly of the whale and is assigned for the Wednesday following the 2nd Sunday in Easter.

This sermon was preached in worship held online on April 20, 2020 by Frantisek Janák (M.Div. senior). The text for the day, John 20:19-31, recounts the story of the disciples beholding the wounds of the risen Christ and is assigned for the Second Sunday of Easter.

These sermons were preached in worship held online on April 16, 2020 as part of the annual James Kenneth Echols Celebration of Preaching, under the direction of Dr. Kimberly Wagner, Assistant Professor of Homiletics. The preachers are (in order) Melissa Hrdlicka (M.Div. middler), Elle Dowd (M.Div. senior, class of 2020), and Care Lawrence (M.Div. academic senior). The unifying theme for this year’s preaching celebration was “water.”

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Sermon preached by the Pastor Gary Vazquez, a student at McCormick Theological Seminary. The service on this day was planned and led by students, staff, and faculty who took part in the 2020 India Travel Seminar. This seminar included participants from LSTC, McCormick Theological Seminary, and Chicago Theological Seminary. Text: Matthew 28:1-10

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Sermon preached online by José Rodríguez Paez (Class of 2020) on Monday, April 13, 2020. Text: John 20.1-18.

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Sermon preached by the Dr. Jose David Rodriguez for LSTC’s online chapel service on April 1, 2020. The biblical text for this service was from Matthew 22. Dr. Rodriguez serves as the Augustana Heritage Chair of Global Mission and World Christianity at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

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Sermon preached by the Rev. Erik Christensen on LSTC’s online chapel service on March 30, 2020. The biblical text for this service was Ezekiel 37:1-14 (the valley of the dry bones). Pastor Christensen serves as pastor to the community & director of worship at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

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Sermon preached by the Dr. Ben Stewart for LSTC’s online chapel service on March 25, 2020. The biblical text for this service was from the book of Matthew. Dr. Stewart serves as the Gordon A. Braatz Associate Professor of Worship and Director of Advanced Studies at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC).

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