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November 2013

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 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 17, 2013

New controversies in Evangelical theology

Evangelicals today are being torn by some major theological controversies. The debate between Calvinists and...

October 03, 2013

Calvinist Predestination vs. Lutheran Predestination

James R. Rogers has written a post for First Things entitled “Credit the Calvinists,” in...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

The contemporary theologian we need?

Oswald Bayer, emeritus professor of theology at the University of Tübingen, is a widely-respected thinker...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Is Anglicanism inherently Lutheran?

Anthony Sacramone quotes Anglican priest Peter Ould: Even though Henry VIII was just a selfish...

August 27, 2013

The Lutheran roots of Radical Orthodoxy

Not long ago we posted about the theological and philosophical movement known as Radical Orthodoxy,...

August 09, 2013

Is God different than we are?: The ontological controversy

Consider this quote from Timothy George, in our recent Christianity without the Atonement post: The problem...

August 02, 2013

Depression among Christians

Christians struggle with depression--including the bleakest, blackest clinical depression--like everyone else. On Emily Scrivener's blog...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

The “Place of Jesus” Lutheran church & the LCMS

As we've blogged about earlier, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus has broken ties with...

July 02, 2013

The Lutheran Theology of Culture

On the LCMS website, looking for an address, I saw prominently featured an article or...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

Happy Augsburg Confession day!

Today, June 25, is the anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, which happened...

June 14, 2013

A great conversation about vocation

A Lutheran, a Calvinist, and a Baptist walk into a bar. . . and start...

June 03, 2013

Can there be “Lutheran Baptists” or other non-Lutheran Lutherans?

Southern Baptists are currently embroiled in a controversy over "Calvinist Baptists." David Koyzis and Collin...

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...

May 01, 2013

“Lutherans Know Something We Don’t Know”

In the appreciation-for-Lutheranism-by-non-Lutherans department, here is a post by Cap Stewart at Happier Far. It...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Lutheran libertarians

I keep running into conservative, confessional Lutherans (including on this blog) who, in their political...

April 23, 2013

Luther memes

I stumbled upon He Rice Tanned (read it fast), a collection of sometimes humorous Luther...

April 19, 2013

Swimming the Elbe

Those who convert to Catholicism are said to have "swum the Tiber," referring to the...

April 11, 2013

Sanctification and Vocation

The estimable Anthony Sacramone has been carrying on a fascinating and helpful discussion (in two...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Why the Lord’s Supper

Some years ago, I, as a Lutheran, was invited to write about the Lord's Supper...

March 21, 2013

Evangelical conservatives vs. Liturgical conservatives

Thomas Holgrave says that the old distinctions among conservative Christians have faded and that the...

March 14, 2013

Lent and Vocation

Daniel Siedell, in the course of discussing the Russian film The Passion of Andrei Rublev...

February 2013

February 22, 2013

Ethiopian Lutherans sever fellowship with ELCA

It's not just Missouri Synod Lutherans! Russell Saltzman reports: The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus...

February 07, 2013

7 rules that Christians must break

Rev. Jonathan Fisk, the young pastor known for his lively Worldview Everlasting videos, has published...

February 06, 2013

Three Lutheran churches on the life issue

Lutheran ethicist Robert Benne attended the March for Life, which occasioned some interesting reflections on...

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 31, 2013

The “grace” vs. “holiness” debate

Christianity Today has set up a symposium discussing the following question: Do American Christians Need...