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September 2018

September 25, 2018

The Middle Ages Were the Age of Reason; Ours Is the Age of Faith

I enjoy it when conventional wisdom gets turned upside down. A good example appeared in...

September 24, 2018

The Theology of Being “Pro-Choice”: Demanding the Attributes of God

God is a different kind of being than what we are. That should be obvious. ...

September 07, 2018

The Beliefs of Sexual-Abusive Priests

How could Catholic priests, leaders of a church with some of the highest standards of...

September 03, 2018

A Labor Day Meditation on Good Works, Vocation, & Our Neighbors

Happy Labor Day, a secular holiday which we here at the Cranach Institute are trying...

August 2018

August 31, 2018

Luther’s Two Kingdoms as the Opposite of Augustine’s City of God

Luther's theology of culture, his doctrine of the Two Kingdoms, is often associated with or...

August 30, 2018

Australia Lutherans Debate Women’s Ordination

The Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) is debating the ordination of women to the pastoral...

August 29, 2018

The Two Natures of Christ in the Nicene Creed

Our Pastor (and son-in-law), Rev. Ned Moerbe, preached a sermon that taught me some things...

August 24, 2018

Lutheran Educational Resources, Reading Lists, & Free Stuff

Summer vacation is over! Back to School! Good old golden rule days! For some families,...

August 21, 2018

Abolishing Punishment

As an example of how the ongoing, wide-ranging Catholic sex scandal and its cover-up are...

August 17, 2018

Grand Jury Accuses 301 Priests of Child Sexual Abuse

A grand jury in Pittsburgh investigating just six Pennsylvania dioceses accused 301 Roman Catholic priests...

August 15, 2018

How Pervasive Is the Prosperity Gospel?

One of the most prominent heresies of contemporary Christianity is the prosperity gospel, which teaches...

August 14, 2018

The Implosion of the Church Growth Movement?

Willow Creek is imploding, due primarily to a #MeToo sex scandal involving its influential celebrity...

August 10, 2018

What Pastors Like, Think They’re Good At, & Find Frustrating,

Barna Research has conducted a major study of Protestant pastors and how they are doing...

August 03, 2018

The Human Face & the Face of God

Have you noticed in a bookstore how so many book covers today depict a character's...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

What about “Sheep-Stealing”?

Our recent post about proselytizing has gotten me thinking about "sheep-stealing." One kind of proselytizing...

July 30, 2018

In Defense of Proselytizing

Fellow Patheos blogger Mark Driscoll has written a long and thoughtful post on the teaching...

July 27, 2018

The One Hour Bible

The Bible is a really good book, most people would agree, but who has...

July 26, 2018

Saint G. K. Chesterton?

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a truly great Christian author. He was a Christian apologist who...

July 25, 2018

Confession and Absolution

The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod has just issued a major study of the doctrine and...

July 20, 2018

Benevolence vs. Fundamentalism

We blogged about Dan Hitchens' article on politicians who parade their Catholic identity while also...

July 17, 2018

Embracing Religious Identity while Rejecting the Religion’s Teachings

Today politicians in the U.S. and Europe are proudly trumpeting their Catholic identity, even as they...

July 11, 2018

The Problem with Offering Multiple Worship Styles

Does your church offer multiple worship services, each with a different style? One traditional, one...

July 10, 2018

Might U.S. Episcopalians Get Written Out of Anglicanism?

The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) broke away from the Episcopal Church in the...

July 09, 2018

How Committed Are Churchgoers to Their Congregations?

What would make a member leave a congregation? How committed are churchgoers to their congregation...

July 05, 2018

The American Dream

For the 4th of July, the lead editorial of the conservative newspaper the Daily Oklahoman...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

My Thoughts on “The Benedict Option”

I finally read Rod Dreher's The Benedict Option: a Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian...

June 28, 2018

The Created Order

The doctrine of creation means more than opposing evolution. It teaches that there is a...

June 26, 2018

An Example of a Christian Nation

Poland officially crowned Jesus Christ as its king. It also remains resolutely pro-life. Christian morality...

June 21, 2018

Church Discipline Against the Attorney General

Who says liberal churches don't exercise church discipline? United Methodists have filed formal charges against...

June 20, 2018

“Bearing” the Name of the God Who “Takes” Our Sin

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" (Exodus 20:7). I've heard...