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July 2012

July 09, 2012

The latest mission strategy: “Insider Movements”

We've blogged about those translations of the Bible for Muslims that avoid little terms like...

July 06, 2012

Ascent theology

Useful and broadly applicable paradigms from Pastor Matt Richard: During the time of Martin Luther...

June 2012

June 25, 2012

Happy Augsburg Confession Day!

On this day 482 years ago--June 25, 1530--the Reformation princes and free cities confessed their...

June 22, 2012

Southern Baptists cracking down on Calvinism

So what's this about Southern Baptists cracking down on the Calvinists in their midst? See...

June 20, 2012

The Law in the life of Christians

As promised yesterday, here is Jono Linebaugh discussing the role of the Law in the...

June 18, 2012

A key named “Promise”

Matthew Block, editor of the Canadian Lutheran, makes good use of classic literature to demonstrate...

June 11, 2012

Luther the detective: Vocation

There is a TV show on BBC called Luther about a British police investigator, a...

June 08, 2012

Not knowing if you are a Christian

Picking up on some earlier discussion, I came across this list of ways that a...

June 07, 2012

The Juvenilization of American Christianity

The latest issue of Christianity Today has a brilliant cover story that accounts for much...

June 06, 2012

VeggieTales creator repents of moralism

More on our continuing series on Christianity & the Arts, how the Christianity part has...

June 05, 2012

Paul’s rebuke of Peter as argument for open communion

Reformed writer Peter Leithhart argues against the closed communion practices of Catholics, Orthodox, and Lutherans...

June 04, 2012

That God is love

Yesterday was Trinity Sunday, the traditional festival--now that Ascension and Pentecost are over--to honor and...

June 01, 2012

Art, Christ, and the agony of Thomas Kinkade

We earlier posted about Daniel Siedell's contention that the late Thomas Kinkade was a "dangerous"...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

Auden on modern liturgies

A letter from the late poet W. H. Auden to his pastor, on the occasion...

May 21, 2012

A nation of heretics

Ross Douthat begins with reflections on three recent cases in American religion: the popularity of...

May 18, 2012

The importance of Christ’s Ascension

Yesterday was Ascension Day, marking the resurrected Christ's return to His Father. Pastor Reeder quotes...

May 15, 2012

The two trees

Pastor Douthwaite, preaching from John 15:9-17 and 1 John 5:1-8: And speaking of Adam, he’s...

May 14, 2012

Vampires vs. the Blood of Christ

James R. Rogers, a Texas A&M professor and board member of the LCSM Texas District,...

April 2012

April 27, 2012

Lutheran Anglicans

I met an Anglican priest the other day who, it turns out, was a big...

April 25, 2012

The three stages of error

Charles Porterfield Krauth was an American Lutheran theologian of the 19th century. His book The...

April 16, 2012

“If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven”

Our Scripture reading in church yesterday included this passage from John 20: 19 On the...

April 06, 2012

Good Friday, Easter, and your Baptism

Baptism is what connects you to Good Friday and to Easter. If you have been...

April 05, 2012

The next step in open communion

In an effort to be even more inclusive than they already are, a diocese in...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

Lutheranism–and the Gospel–in depth

On the surface, Lutherans often seem placid and easy-going, solid folks who don't make much...

March 28, 2012

Cultural engagement requires the Sacrament

Peter Leithhart, a Reformed pastor and theologian, says that what evangelicals need if they are...

March 22, 2012

Has Lutheranism caused secularism?

A Danish scholar looks at the influence of Protestantism--specifically, Lutheranism--on modern Scandinavian culture. Some of...

March 13, 2012

Jesus + Nothing = Everything

I've blogged about Tullian Tchividjian, the grandson of Billy Graham and the successor to D....

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Rev. Harrison on Lent

I am appreciating more and more the ability of Matt Harrison, president of the Lutheran...

February 15, 2012

Wash and be clean

At church last Sunday we had texts on Naaman the Leper (2 Kings 5:1-14) and...

February 03, 2012

French court rules in favor of de-baptism

Using the law to deny that a historical event occurred. Another example of the government...