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September 2026

September 22, 2026

Denying Laity the Chalice–Again

Some traditionalist Catholic bishops are once again denying the laity Communion "in both kinds"; that...

September 03, 2026

Christians Who Don’t Go to Church

Some Christians don't go to church. Even Abraham Kuyper developed the habit of writing Biblical...

August 2026

August 25, 2026

The New Sacrament

A worship conference recently discussed "whether worship music has become a new sacrament." It is...

August 11, 2026

Learning from the Catholics’ Worship Wars

A Substack article frames the Catholic worship war in a way that sheds light on...

May 2026

May 14, 2026

Ascension Day and the Sacraments

The Reformed say that the Ascension makes it impossible for Christ's body to be present...

April 2026

April 10, 2026

Thoughts from the Easter Vigil

Did your church celebrate the Easter Vigil? It's still relatively new to me, but I...

April 09, 2026

The Thief Who, Like Us, Was Crucified with Christ

Over Holy Week, I came across two reflections on the thieves who were crucified with...

April 02, 2026

Is Communion for the Perfect or for Sinners?

Is Holy Communion "a prize for the perfect" or "a powerful medicine and nourishment for...

April 01, 2026

The Meditations of Valerius

I've been reading Valerius Herberger's "The Mysteries of Christ in the Book of Exodus," which...

March 2026

March 31, 2026

Valerius, One of the Greatest Devotional Writers

I stumbled across the devotional commentary on Exodus by Valerius Herberger. I found it to...

March 19, 2026

Dispensational Christianity

To understand today's evangelicalism, you need to be aware of a curious strain of Christianity...

March 05, 2026

Agreement and Disagreement in the Augsburg Confession

Considering the 28 specific articles of the Augsburg Confession to see where the agreements and...

February 2026

February 18, 2026

“You Are Dust, and to Dust You Shall Return”

In the service of the imposition of ashes, as the pastor marks my forehead, he...

February 13, 2026

Are Evangelicals Protestant?

In researching the post about whether Lutherans should count as Protestants, I came across another...

February 12, 2026

Are Lutherans Protestant?

Some Lutherans deny that they should be classified as Protestants. And some Protestants are seemingly...

January 2026

January 29, 2026

Infant Baptism as Child Abuse?, part 2

Continuing our discussion of Irish activist Mary McAleese and her view that infant baptism violates...

January 28, 2026

Infant Baptism as Child Abuse? part 1

A woman described as a "prominent Catholic" is claiming that infant baptism is child abuse! ...

December 2025

December 26, 2025

Physicality in Worship

A post-Christmas reflection on Luther's theology of the physical world.

December 23, 2025

“These Lutherans Worshipping a Tree”: What Is Idolatry?

The Reformed have often accused Lutherans of "idolatry," from their Christmas trees in church to...

December 05, 2025

Advanced Technology Makes Us More Primitive

When we think of our advanced information technology, we immediately marvel at how advanced our...

September 2025

September 12, 2025

“Full-Fat Faith” vs. “the Diet Versions”

A writer on the resurgence of church attendance In the UK says that the churches...

August 2025

August 14, 2025

Christianity’s Improved Social Status

"As the decline in religious attendance has slowed, the past few years have also seen...

August 07, 2025

John Kleinig’s New Book on the Lord’s Supper

[A free post, to share.] Lexham Press has been publishing lots of Lutheran authors, to...

July 2025

July 31, 2025

The Theological Problems with AI Sermons

The main problems with AI-generated sermons are not ethical but theological. AI-chatbots are not called...

July 16, 2025

On Protestant Denominations

Denominations are being attacked from both a Catholic and a Protestant direction. Here is a...

July 09, 2025

How C. S. Lewis Helped Make Me a Lutheran

[A Free Post] The online journal SIMUL was putting together an issue on C. S....

July 02, 2025

Flame’s New Book on Church Fathers & the Sacraments

[A free post.] The Christian rapper and Lutheran convert Marcus "Flame" Gray has published a...

June 2025

June 30, 2025

Monday Miscellany, 6/30/25

New York democrats pick Muslim socialist for mayor. The Department of Justice defends the Seal of...

May 2025

May 01, 2025

The Sacraments and Vocation

I stumbled across an article on Eastern Orthodoxy that relates the sacraments to what we...

April 2025

April 25, 2025

The Faith-Religion Cycle

Researchers note that while church affiliation has plummeted, religious beliefs have not. They conclude that...