Saint Paul Lutheran Seminary exists to provide churches with exceptional education and mission resources.
All lectures (plus a book review) from the seminary's 2025 theological conference are in this ...
read moreDue to lack of sufficient interest, the conference has been canceled. May 18–20, 2026, ...
read moreSee below important dates for the 2025 academic school year.July 21, 2025Fall Registration ...
read moreThe conference is concluded. You may read the lectures in the seminary journal here. May ...
read more| December 15, 2025 | Spring Registration Opens |
| January 26, 2026 | Classes Begin |
| February 28, 2026 | Last Day to Drop/Add Classes |
| March 31, 2026 | Last Day to Withdraw from Classes |
| April 5 - April 10, 2026 | Easter Break |
| May 3 - May 8, 2026 | Finals Week |
| May 8th | Last Day of Classes |
All of our religious devices will never set us free from sin and death. Prayer will not do it, nor will Bible reading, Sunday School, or going to church.
I would sit in the pew, trying to decide if I had been good enough in the past week to receive the bread and the wine. Of course, I was not good at all, nor would I ever be good.
We cannot read the law with veiled hearts and expect to find the grace of God. All we sense is God’s displeasure. So, we cannot expect the law to come to our rescue.
The struggle to be righteous is a desperate effort. There have been times when considering my life—my thoughts and actions—I nearly despaired.
How solitary sits the city, how lonely and desolate. This is the lament of Jeremiah over Israel. Jesus grieves similarly over the people because they are without a shepherd.
Be sure you do not get caught out in the field with your cattle. God’s forgiveness is abundantly available—even to pharaohs, even to sinners. Just come in from the storm.
