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July 2026

July 07, 2026

The Problems with a “Confessional State”

Some Christian nationalists are calling for a "confessional state," establishing Christianity as the national religion...

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...

March 2026

March 27, 2026

DISCUSS: Christian Zionism and Christian Nationalism

Dispensationalism is largely responsible for giving us today's Christian Zionism. Post-millennialism is largely responsible for...

March 18, 2026

A Conversation about Vocation in Scandinavia

Lutheran ways of thinking and acting put down deep roots into Scandinavian culture. That includes...

February 2026

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...

July 2025

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....

March 2025

March 06, 2025

Giving Pastoral Care to Uppity Teenagers

[A free post.] Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger grew up and was confirmed in the Lutheran...

November 2024

November 22, 2024

Is the LCMS Evangelical or Mainline Protestant?

An article on the difference between evangelical and mainline Protestants made me wonder where the...

May 2024

May 29, 2024

The Church Is Both Shrinking and Growing

There is evidence that the church, while shrinking, is also growing. That is, the nominal...

April 2024

April 26, 2024

Where Christianity Is Growing the Most

While Christianity seems to be in decline in the United States, Europe, and other industrialized...

March 2024

March 01, 2024

Why Protestants Convert to Catholicism

Some Protestants convert to Catholicism, according to a recent book, because of the failures of...

February 2024

February 14, 2024

When Ash Wednesday Falls on Valentine’s Day

This year Ash Wednesday falls on St. Valentine's Day. So do we have romantic dinners,...

January 2024

January 17, 2024

Carl Trueman: Lessons from Lutheranism

Carl Trueman is a Reformed theologian who has become one of our best cultural critics....

June 2023

June 22, 2023

An Evangelical Call for “Reformed Catholicism” (Isn’t that Lutheranism?)

In light of the end of evangelicalism, Meador proposes the building of a new religious...

May 2023

May 12, 2023

Flame Interacts with “Spirituality of the Cross”

Someone sent me this video from Flame, the rapper who became a Lutheran, in which...

April 2023

April 26, 2023

Lutherans Under Communism

My review of "The Gates of Hell" by Matthew Heise, about the persecution of Lutherans...

April 12, 2023

Should Churches Hide Their Controversial Beliefs?

Critics of the "He Gets Us" campaign and "seeker-sensitive" congregations are complaining that the people...

January 2023

January 10, 2023

Pope Benedict XVI on Luther & “Sola Fide”

The late pope emeritus Benedict XVI, whose funeral was last week, is getting lots of...

January 05, 2023

Christianity and Matter

St. John Damascene has been recommended as the patron saint of science, for his writings...

November 2022

November 18, 2022

Teaching Lutheran Identity

I am teaching young people in a post-confirmation class. We are studying the history of...

November 14, 2022

Luther’s Cultural Influence

Luther and the Reformation had a major cultural impact, from the promotion of universal education...

October 2022

October 11, 2022

Anti-Protestantism

Historian Philip Jenkins notes says that there has been a great deal of scholarship about...

September 2022

September 30, 2022

A Lutheran Critique of National Conservatism

Lutheran political scientist James R. Rogers criticizes National Conservatism in terms of Luther's doctrine of...

June 2022

June 29, 2022

A Thorough Statement of Faith

On June 25, 1530--492 years ago last week--seven principalities and two cities presented a confession...

January 2022

January 05, 2022

The Book of Concord App from Flame & Lex Lutheran

The rapper Flame (Marcus Grey) and YouTuber Lex Lutheran (Tyree Toney) have collaborated on a...

November 2021

November 03, 2021

The Lessons of Anglicanism for Lutherans

Lutherans and Anglicans have similarities, but also major differences. But Lutherans can learn from the...

September 2021

September 10, 2021

The Persecuted Pastor Becomes a Bishop

Juhana Pohjola, who will be tried for his part in the publication of a tract...

June 2021

June 21, 2021

Lutheran Catholicism vs. Roman Catholicism vs. Anti-Catholicism

Hermann Sasse on how the Lutheran church is different from both the Roman Catholic Church...

May 2021

May 13, 2021

The Real Reason Why Scandinavians Are So Happy

For the fourth year in a row, Finland is ranked as the happiest country in...