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Concordia Journal | October 2008 | Volume 34 | Number 4 Concordia Journal COncordia October 2008 Journal volume 34 | number 4 October 2008 volume 34 | number 4 More than “Luther’s English Connection” Preaching Sermons That Will Be Remembered Christological Trinitarian Theology in the Book of Revelation COncordia Journal (ISSN 0145-7233) publisher Faculty Dale A. Meyer David Adams Erik Herrmann Paul Robinson President Charles Arand Jeffrey Kloha Robert Rosin Executive EDITOR Andrew Bacon Robert Kolb Henry Rowold Andrew Bartelt Reed Lessing Timothy Saleska William W. Schumacher David Berger David Lewis Leopoldo Sánchez M. Dean of Theological Joel Biermann Thomas Manteufel David Schmitt Research and Publication Gerhard Bode Richard Marrs Bruce Schuchard EDITOR James Brauer David Maxwell William Schumacher Travis J. Scholl Kent Burreson Dale Meyer William Utech Managing Editor of William Carr, Jr. Glenn Nielsen James Voelz Theological Publications Anthony Cook Joel Okamoto Robert Weise EDITORial assistant Timothy Dost Jeffrey Oschwald Quentin Melanie Appelbaum Thomas Egger David Peter Wesselschmidt assistants Jeffrey Gibbs Paul Raabe David Wollenburg Carol Geisler Bruce Hartung Victor Raj Theodore Luebkeman James Prothro William Rhea All correspondence should be sent to: Travis Sherman Travis Scholl CONCORDIA JOURNAL 801 Seminary Place St. Louis, Missouri 63105 Issued by the faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, the Concordia Journal is the successor of Lehre und Wehre (1855-1929), begun by C. F. W. Walther, a founder of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Lehre und Wehre was absorbed by the Concordia Theological Monthly (1930-1972) which was also pub- lished by the faculty of Concordia Seminary as the official theological periodical of the Synod. The Concordia Journal is abstracted in Internationale Zeitschriftenschau für Bibelwissenschaft unde Grenzgebiete, New Testament Abstracts.Old Testament Abstracts, and Religious and Theological Abstracts. It is indexed in Repertoire Bibliographique des Institutions Chretiennes and Religion Index One: Periodicals. Article and issue photocopies in 16mm microfilm, 35mm microfilm, and 105mm microfiche are available from University Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346. Books submitted for review should be sent to the editor. Manuscripts submitted for publication should conform to a standard manual of style. They will be returned to authors only when accompanied by self- addressed stamped envelopes. The Concordia Journal (ISSN 0145-7233) is published quarterly (January, April, July, and October). The annual subscription rate is $15 U.S.A., $20 for Canada and $25 for foreign countries. Periodicals postage paid at St. Louis, MO and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to Concordia Journal, Concordia Seminary, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO 63105-3199 © Copyright by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri 2008 www.csl.edu COncordia Journal CONTENTS EDITORIALs 247 Editor’s Note 249 Concordia Journal Now Available on ATLAS as Library Provides New Service for Alumni ARTICLES 253 More than “Luther’s English Connection”: Robert Barnes and the European Reformations Korey D. Maas 264 Preaching Sermons That Will Be Remembered: Unleashing the Spirit’s Power in the Brain Allen Nauss 292 Christological Trinitarian Theology in the Book of Revelation Louis A. Brighton 301 GRAMMARIAN’S CORNER On the Subtleties of Hebrew Verbs, Part II 307 HOMILETICAL HELPS LSB Series A—Epistles to Series B—Gospels 336 BOOK REVIEWS October 2008 volume 34 | number 4 editoRIALS COncordia Journal Editor’s Note “…And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?” (Rom 10:14). This was the text for President Dale Meyer’s sermon at Concordia Seminary’s Opening Convocation for the new academic year, and forms the theme for the Seminary’s current How Will They Hear capital campaign. “How will they hear?” It is a question we see and hear quite often on campus these days. It is becoming a more urgent question amid the cacophony that only seems to get loud- er with each passing day. By the time you read this we will likely already know who the next president of the United States of America will be, but the sound bites and commercials and robocalls of this election season have been deafening. And as this country goes through its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression (or at least that’s what I keep hearing), I still have trouble wrapping my mind around what things like derivatives and credit default swaps actually are, the simultaneous pro- nouncements of a thousand different economists notwithstanding. There is a desperate need for clarity in these complicated times. For that rea- son, I will get straight to the point. We have a number of items that we are excited to share with you in this issue of Concordia Journal, and we pray you are excited to receive them. Concordia Journal Currents This is the new video podcast to coincide with the print edition of Concordia Journal. Two episodes are already available at www.concordiatheology.org and the Seminary’s iTunes U site (itunes.csl.edu). The first was a writers’ roundtable con- vening the principal authors of July’s special issue on ecclesiology. The second was a follow-up roundtable discussion of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod’s August theological convocation on church structure, and included the Synod’s First Vice President, Dr. William Diekelman. Concordia Journal Currents will run roughly on the same production schedule as Concordia Journal, with additional podcasts here and there. It will allow us to feature writers, scholars, issues, and events in a fresh way, allowing for more in-depth conversation. The current Currents available soon at the sites above will feature a preachers’ roundtable on preaching the upcoming church year (Series B in the Three–Year Lectionary of Lutheran Service Book), partic- ularly the Gospel of Mark. Concordia Journal on ATLASerials We are thrilled to announce that the American Theological Library Association now provides the full catalog of Concordia Journal on their fully search- able, online database, ATLASerials (ATLAS). The full announcement of this resource, including the free access provided to all alumni of Concordia Seminary, immediately follows this Editor’s Note. Concordia Journal/October 2008 247 This particular issue of Concordia Journal also seeks to provide clarity to a pot- pourri of issues. The faculty is pleased to publish the historical clarity that Korey Maas sheds on the relationship between Martin Luther and the English reformer Robert Barnes. Allen Nauss brings recent research on brain theory to bear on the task of preaching, with the goal of equipping preachers to proclaim a clear Gospel word “that will be remembered” in the minds and hearts of their hearers. Finally, a professor who is long-known and well-loved by many, Louis Brighton, provides a theological study of the trinitarian and christological implications of the Book of Revelation, a text of Scripture with which he is well-informed. True to our word, you will also find in these pages the return of Homiletical Helps. After working through his series of urgent questions, Paul would conclude: “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!” (Rom 12:33). Even in the midst of cacophony and chaos, such divine depths can still be heard. If you hear a few notes of it in these pages, “To him be the glory forever!” (12:36). Travis J. Scholl Managing Editor of Theological Publications 248 Concordia Journal Now Available on ATLAS as Library Provides New Service for Alumni Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, alumni are now able to access ATLASerials (ATLAS), an online database, including search engine and full text, of more than one hundred major religious and theological journals selected by leading scholars and theologians. On this platform, one can research the history of a topic from as early as 1924 to the present through a combined total of more than 212,000 articles and book reviews. As of this summer, the full run of Concordia Journal has also been added to the database. The staff of Concordia Seminary Library are delighted to offer this most rel- evant and useful resource for our alumni. Technology continues to make access to theological materials ever more convenient. The research capabilities provided by ATLAS were unimaginable only a few years ago. Access is open to all alumni of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. For more information or to request access to ATLAS, including the web address and an account name and password, send an e-mail request to Eric Stancliff, Public Services Librarian at Concordia Seminary Library: [email protected] Editor’s Note: It is our understanding that alumni of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, have similar access through Rev. Bob Smith at their alma mater’s library. List of selected journal titles (about 35% of the total) Biblical Archaeologist (1938- ) Journal of the Evangelical Theology Biblical Interpretation (93- ) Society (69- ) Bibliotheca Sacra (34- ) Liturgical Ministry (92- ) Catholic Biblical Quarterly (46- ) Lutheran Quarterly (49- ) Christian Century (46- ) Missiology (73- ) Christianity Today (01- ) Novum Testamentun (56- ) Church History (53- ) Presbyterion (75- ) Concordia Journal (74- ) Reformation & Renaissance Rev. (2000- ) Currents in Theology & Mission (74- ) Religion & American Culture (92- ) First Things (90- ) Review & Expositor (47- ) Harvard Theol. Rev. (08-2003) Semeia (74-2002) Hebrew Union College Annual (24-2000) Theological Studies (40- ) Interpretation
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