One of the surprises Father Jay Smith and I have shared since we began our live-stream ministry has been taking the time to write out our weekday homilies. EBSCO is an Alabama corporation that, among other things, is involved with digital media. Among its businesses is a website called the “Atlas Religious Database®.” My seminary, along with many others, makes it possible for its alumni to access the collection of articles from theological journals. This morning I went to the website and typed in “Saint James the Apostle.” An article that caught my attention was “Luke and the Foundations of the Church.”[1] It’s by Peter Scaer, professor of exegetical theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Concordia is a seminary of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
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