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February 2018

February 28, 2018

A Wolf, a Sheep, and Food that Digests Us

"A wolf in sheep's clothing" is someone who seems nice on the outside, like a...

February 16, 2018

Culture Against Christ

Yesterday's post about how the culture is the biggest obstacle to religious freedom reminded me...

February 12, 2018

Transfigured

Yesterday was the last and climactic Sunday of Epiphany, in which we contemplate the ultimate...

February 01, 2018

The Sequel to “The Passion of the Christ”

The challenge will be in turning the Resurrection appearances of our Lord into a story....

January 2018

January 26, 2018

Why Secularists Have Problems with Forgiveness

There is currently no real concept for forgiveness in the secular world, no mechanism for...

January 19, 2018

An Interview About Our New Book

The Concordia Publishing House blog has posted an interview with Rev. Trevor Sutton and me...

January 12, 2018

“The Church of Tomorrow” Is For Sale

The church had no creeds. You could believe whatever you wanted! Surely that's a formula...

December 2017

December 26, 2017

Why the Word Became Flesh

You want to read a good Christmas book? You can't do better than the one...

December 25, 2017

Have a Merry, Happy, Blessed Christmas!

Christmas greetings to all of you! Many thanks to both long-time readers and the legions...

December 25, 2017

The Day Even Non-Believers Honor Jesus Despite Themselves

It's Christmas, hailed in at least one secular song as "the most wonderful time...

December 22, 2017

“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” “Do They Know What Christmas Is?”

Back in 1984, British musician Bob Geldof put together "Band Aid," a "super-group" of pop...

December 18, 2017

Comfort, Comfort My People

One of the greatest texts for Advent is Isaiah 40. It reminds us that Advent is...

December 14, 2017

Mary, the Mother of God

Roman Catholics venerate Mary, the mother of Jesus, with many titles: Queen of Heaven (the notion that...

December 13, 2017

On the Pope’s Desire to Change the Wording of the Lord’s Prayer

Should we start with the teaching we want to convey and then devise a translation...

December 12, 2017

Jesus and Hanukkah

Hanukkah starts today, December 12, and lasts until December 20. Jesus Himself observed it, as...

December 11, 2017

“Your Thirst for My Salvation”

We often think of God as an abstract idea, as an impersonal force, or as...

December 08, 2017

Man Wants to Be God; God Wanted to Be Man

How different from us is God! How different in His thinking, His desires, and His...

December 05, 2017

God Acts for Those Who Wait for Him

Why doesn’t God do something about all the evil in the world? The Bible says...

December 04, 2017

The Season of Christ “Coming to” Us

The season of Advent has begun! The word comes from the Latin, meaning “coming to”...

December 01, 2017

Dating Christ’s Tomb

Last year, as we blogged about, in connection with renovation work on Jerusalem's Church of...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

Luther on Matter, the Senses, & Emotions

In our last post on Mark Mattes's new book Martin Luther's Theology of Beauty, we...

November 27, 2017

Why Assume That Joseph Was Old?

The portrayal of St. Joseph as an old man is not from the Bible but...

November 16, 2017

The New Da Vinci: “The Savior of the World”

There is a newly discovered and authenticated painting by Leonardo da Vinci, a painting of...

November 01, 2017

The Gospel as Heresy

We posted about the “Filial Correction” in which a number of conservative Catholics accused Pope...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Eyewitnesses to Jesus: The Testimony of Papias

Scot McKnight points us to a quotation from Papias, a first century Christian, who tells...

October 16, 2017

How Luther Challenges Protestants

Martin Luther challenged and continues to challenge Roman Catholic theology in some profound ways. But...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

The Cross in Fashion

Christianity is reportedly in decline in the West, especially among trendy millennials. And yet, the...

September 22, 2017

The Prosperity Gospel vs. the Theology of the Cross

Lutheran theology is pretty much the opposite of the Prosperity Gospel.

September 14, 2017

Tetzel on 7 Years in Purgatory for Every Sin

I came across a sermon from Johann Tetzel, the indulgence peddler who provoked Luther's 95...

July 2017

July 13, 2017

Reading the language of creation

I'm at the Conference on Classical Lutheran Education in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the theme of which this year...