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February 2014

February 10, 2014

Pro-American vs. Anti-American conservatives

Political theorist Patrick J. Deneen notes two different and conflict schools among Roman Catholic conservatives: ...

February 03, 2014

Are Lutherans boring?

Yet another definitive answer to the question, Why not Lutheranism?, has been written. This one...

February 03, 2014

Lutheranism is not boring–vocation is

For me, growing up in perhaps the blandest version of mainline liberal Protestantism, Lutheranism, far...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

The Incarnation and the whole range of human life

God becoming man involved more than just His assumption of a human body, but his...

January 29, 2014

Demonic possession & exorcism in Indiana?

The Indianapolis Star reports on a case of apparent demon possession and successful exorcism in...

January 28, 2014

J. Gresham Machen on the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

J. Gresham Machen was one of the 20th century's leading Reformed theologians, a Princeton faculty...

January 27, 2014

Lutherans, Catholics, & Orthodox

We may have solved, with the help of James R. Rogers, our perennial question of...

January 24, 2014

More on Lutherans, Calvinists, & Evangelicals

James R. Rogers (a Lutheran) advances our perennial topic of why evangelicals tend to prefer...

January 23, 2014

What Tullian Tchividjian learned from Lutherans

Tullian Tchividjian is Billy Graham's grandson and the successor to D. James Kennedy as the...

January 21, 2014

Why not Lutheranism?

Mathew Block, communications director of the Lutheran Church Canada, posts about that article on the...

January 20, 2014

A watershed in American evangelicalism?

The New Life Church in Colorado Springs was one of the nation's leading megachurches. But...

January 13, 2014

Baptists want a catechism

Another example of Baptists wanting what Lutherans have but have neglected in order to be...

January 03, 2014

Lutheranism FAQ

I stumbled across this Lutheranism FAQ put together by Steve Born, a convert to Lutheranism...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Christmas carols on the Incarnation

Sean Morris posts on how the classic Christmas carols draw on the Nicene Creed as...

December 18, 2013

Harold Camping dies

Radio evangelist Harold Camping has died at the age of 92. Best known for predicting...

December 10, 2013

Churches, sects, denominations, and non-denominations

Sociologist of religion Peter Berger (an ELCA Lutheran) discusses the phenomenon of the Sunday Assembly,...

December 04, 2013

Charismatic sacrament, charismatic liturgy

Charismatic Christians consider "praise and worship songs" to be, in effect, sacramental, bringing worshippers into...

December 03, 2013

And now LINOS

In the political world, you will hear talk of RINOs, Republican In Name Only. LCMS...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Conservative Lutherans start dialogue with Catholics

Roman Catholics and the Lutheran World Federation made a splash a few years ago when...

November 15, 2013

My take on the Lutheran/Calvinist discussion

Some thoughts on the discussion about Lutherans and Calvinists that was provoked by thoughts from...

November 13, 2013

Why is Calvinism so influential and not Lutheranism?

There are lots more Lutherans than Calvinists. And Calvinism has all of those scary doctrines...

November 12, 2013

Reformational Catholicism

Calvinist theologian Peter Leithhart is calling for "The End of Protestantism." It should be replaced,...

November 11, 2013

Faith & feelings

Are your emotions often out of synch with your faith? Does God feel far away? ...

November 08, 2013

Allowing divorced Catholics to take Communion?

Pope Francis and the Roman Catholic hierarchy are reportedly re-considering the practice of denying Communion...

November 07, 2013

Speedfaithing

You know about speed dating. A man and a woman sit down together for 3-8...

November 05, 2013

The Nadia Bolz-Weber phenomenon

Nadia Bolz-Weber is a tattooed, non-conformist, cutting-edge kind of person. She's also a pastor in...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Justification by Faith Alone is Still the Issue

Back in the 1990s, I was asked to be on the council of the Alliance...

October 28, 2013

Holy Communion, Culture, & Vocation

We often talk about how God works through material elements in the sacraments to convey...

October 25, 2013

When a bishop does not believe the Creed

The land of Gustavus Adolphus, who gave his life defending the Lutheran confessions, has chosen...

October 24, 2013

A great video on baptism, inspired by the Prince

Prince George, the future King of England, was baptized yesterday. For that occasion, the Archbishop...