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May 2015

May 29, 2015

So should we baptize machines?

The hype about artificial intelligence has some speculating that at some point a computer might...

May 26, 2015

New baptisms for the transgendered?

At a baptism, the baptized person is given a name. That's not all that happens,...

May 08, 2015

Baptists who baptize infants

A Baptist minister has stirred controversy within his tradition by baptizing an infant. Yet it...

April 2015

April 05, 2015

Christ’s resurrection and yours

Have a joyous Easter, everybody! Do you not know that all of us who have...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Drinking His cup, being baptized with His baptism

Our sermon for the beginning of Passiontide was Mark 10:32-45, the passage about James and...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

The comfort of Baptism

Dr. Benjamin Mayes is working with Concordia Publishing House on the new translations of Luther's...

February 17, 2015

“Baptism is not supposed to be nice”

The Church of England has decided to take out the part in the Baptism liturgy...

December 2014

December 09, 2014

John the Baptizer

The great figure of Advent is John the Baptist. We think of him as that...

December 08, 2014

“No Sacraments, No Protestantism”

Reformed pastor Peter Leithhart says that Protestantism requires a high view of the sacraments. He...

July 2014

July 08, 2014

A liturgy for people offended to be called sinners

The Church of England is revising its baptism liturgy to accommodate contemporary people who are...

July 01, 2014

Churches that don’t baptize

Some churches that work hard to get people to "make a decision for Christ" never...

June 2014

June 17, 2014

Baptists discovering toddler baptism

Southern Baptists are concerned that the number of baptisms is way down. (And yet many...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Sarah Palin’s blasphemy

Sarah Palin, in a speech to the NRA, said that "waterboarding is how we baptize...

April 20, 2014

You were there

You know that old spiritual that asks, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?....

April 07, 2014

The movie vs. the flannelboard

We saw the movie Noah. It had some good cinematic touches (such as the imagery...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Creation and the new creation

In last Sunday's sermon on the dialog between Nicodemus and Jesus (John 3), our pastor...

November 2013

November 04, 2013

A member has been added to your Body

On the Sunday of All Saints yesterday, a new saint was added to the number...

October 2013

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...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Off for the baptism of Michael Gustavus

This weekend, I'm making a mad dash to Oklahoma to be there for the baptism...

August 2013

August 01, 2013

The Salvation of Unborn Children

What is the eternal destiny of children who die in the womb or who are...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

The winning thread

I'm back home after two weeks, having taken my vacation and then going to the...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

Good lines on Baptism

The current issue of For the Life of the World, the magazine of Concordia Theological...

June 06, 2013

Cicadas and Resurrection

Our pastor had some good reflections in our church newsletter on the 17-year locusts (a.k.a....

May 2013

May 14, 2013

A heresy trial over baptism

Reformed theologian Peter Leithart is in trouble again over his views on baptism. He was...

April 2013

April 11, 2013

Happy Baptism birthday to me

I didn't grow up a Lutheran, so I don't have the Baptismal sponsors or the...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Baptism, Good Friday, & Easter

Have a blessed Good Friday, everybody, and a joyous Easter. Towards that end, I give...

February 2013

February 01, 2013

Lutheran pastor rejects Baptism, Lord’s Supper

I don't expect non-Lutherans to believe what Lutherans do. I do expect Lutherans to believe...

January 2013

January 15, 2013

The importance of Christ’s baptism

Last Sunday the epiphany being celebrated was the baptism of Jesus. John's baptism was for...

September 2012

September 14, 2012

The faith of infants

A key Lutheran teaching is that infants can have faith. This is why Lutherans see...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

Easter is for children

We had yet another good Easter sermon from Pastor Douthwaite, with the texts Luke 24:36-49...