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March 2015

March 03, 2015

Luther’s favorite Bible verses

You know those 76 red volumes of the collected works of Luther in English? Well,...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

Writings of Jews in the Babylonian exile

Archaeologists have discovered and translated a trove of tablets from Iraq that were written by...

January 2015

January 21, 2015

Gospel of Mark fragment from before 90 A.D.?

Researchers studying the paper used in the masks of Egyptian mummies have apparently discovered what...

January 15, 2015

The very model of a Biblical philologist

After the jump, Biblical scholarship by way of Gilbert & Sullivan's "I am the very...

January 14, 2015

If we found another epistle by St. Paul. . .

What if archaeologists discovered a parchment that turned out to be the missing letter to...

January 06, 2015

Discovery of the site of Jesus’ trial?

Archaeologists have found what they are identifying as Herod's palace in Jerusalem, which many scholars...

January 01, 2015

Make your predictions for 2015

Now it's time for you to make your predictions about what is going to happen...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Lessons And Carols

"Lessons and Carols" is a Christmas service consisting of nine Bible readings punctuated by the...

December 22, 2014

He will build you a House

We are on the road for Christmas, and we worshipped on the last Sunday of...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

Legalism vs. Antinomianism vs. knowing the Master

Last Sunday our pastor preached on the dangers of falling into either of the two...

November 07, 2014

Scripture alone vs. Scripture by ourselves

Canadian Lutheran Mathew Block discusses the study that shows how common ancient heresies are among...

November 05, 2014

Blessed vs. Successful

If only the Kansas City Royals would have hit it out of the park as...

October 2014

October 15, 2014

Invitation to the Feast

The New Testament reading for last Sunday was the parable about the king's invitations to...

October 13, 2014

1,000 Bible translations on your phone

In church, when you seem people staring at their smart phones, they aren't necessarily texting,...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

When life contradicts God’s Word

Last Sunday, the sermon was about that puzzling passage in which Jesus seems at first...

August 07, 2014

Being practical vs. having compassion

Last Sunday's sermon was a great take on the feeding of the five thousand. Pastor...

August 06, 2014

You are the pearl of great price

Two Sundays ago, the sermon was on these parables from Matthew 13: 44 “The kingdom...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Freedom vs. slavery

In church last Sunday, Pastor Douthwaite's sermon dealt with the question St. Paul raises, Are...

June 18, 2014

Text and context on women’s ordination

The Australian theologian and Bible scholar John Kleinig said that women's ordination used to not...

June 12, 2014

Why was Judas in charge of the money?

Judas, according to John 12:6, was a thief, and Jesus knew everything he was up...

June 11, 2014

Imagination & the Christian life

Mathew Block concludes his interview by asking me about what Christians can do to cultivate...

June 05, 2014

The apostolic loser

Last Sunday, our pastor preached on the text about the apostles' lottery for who would...

June 05, 2014

How God uses the imagination

More from my interview with Mathew Block, who asks how God uses our human imaginations...

May 2014

May 21, 2014

What the LCMS believes about the Bible

We blogged about the Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position of the LCMS. President Harrison...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

“With fear and great joy”

When the Angel of the empty tomb appeared to the Roman guards, those courageous battle-hardened...

April 15, 2014

What the Bible is all about

On Sunday we read the entire Passion narrative from Matthew 26-27. Read what our pastor...

April 10, 2014

Six trends about Bible reading

The American Bible Society has partnered with the Barna polling organization to study trends in...

April 09, 2014

Bible reading in the digital age

In answer to my question about how reading conditioned by the internet might affect the...

April 07, 2014

The movie vs. the flannelboard

We saw the movie Noah. It had some good cinematic touches (such as the imagery...

March 2014

March 29, 2014

What did you think of the movie “Noah”?

Have any of you seen the movie Noah? What is your verdict? After the jump,...