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October 2014

October 24, 2014

The Third Use of the Law in the Large Catechism

In some contemporary debates regarding the third use of the Law, it is contended that...

October 22, 2014

Is the distinction between mortal and venial sin helpful?

This blog's own Trent Demarest and his two Pseudepodcast colleagues recently did a show on...

October 04, 2014

So…which Christians are really Christians?

A friend on Facebook asked one of those questions that many Christians of goodwill wrestle...

October 03, 2014

Announcing…Pseudekickpstarter!

There has got to be a good explanation for this. Or, barring that, just an...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Some brief thoughts on "Wiki14"

Offered without comment... Regarding the recent FiveTwo Wiki14 conference, an acquaintance on Facebook, Jeffrey K....

September 28, 2014

Baptismus ubique et semper: Some reflections on Baptismal motifs in the Gospel narratives

There is surely some justice to the accusation (made in jest and in earnest) that...

September 23, 2014

The Church Fathers' Interpretation of the Rock of Matthew 16:18 ~An Historical Refutation of the Claims of Roman Catholicism, by William Webster

The following article has been posted on Just & Sinner with the permission of the...

September 19, 2014

"An interdisciplinary foray, or: A theological cat among the philosophical pigeons" by Rev. Dr. John R. Stephenson

A paper delivered at the Brock University Philosophical Society on Thursday, 18 September 2014. As an...

September 06, 2014

Gerhard Forde's view of the Law — an excerpt from Law, Life, and the Living God, by Rev. Dr. Scott Murray

Do you like what you read here? Does it pique your curiosity? Use the link...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

PCR Conference Interview on Boars in the Vineyard

I was interviewed with Chris Rosebrough by Lewis Polzin at the PCR conference regarding our...

August 20, 2014

"The Restoration of the Divine Image Through Christ" ~ A Sermon by C. F. W. Walther on Mark 7:31-37

The Restoration of the Divine Image Through Christ Mark 7:31-37 Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, 1846...

August 19, 2014

"Justification and Life for All Men" – An examination of universal atonement in Romans 5

Adapted from a discussion from the Twitterverse; starting in medias res... The real issue diving...

August 04, 2014

"Man's Working Together With God After Conversion" -or- "C. F. W. Walther was a dirty pietist, evidently"

Do we confessional Lutherans love the theology that is set forth in our Lutheran Confessions,...

August 03, 2014

"Walking Together in Faith and Worship" ~ Rev. David Jay Webber on Lutheran Liturgy & Unity

When I returned to the church of my baptism as an undergraduate in college, I...

August 01, 2014

A lethal cocktail: down with Kokomo

One of the things I remember about my seminary years (before I dropped out) was...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

The Place of Union with Christ in the Ordo Salutis

There has been some recent discussion on the "What Would Pless Read?" group on facebook...

July 29, 2014

Rev. Dr. Kurt Marquart: Clarifications on Objective Justification (1998)

Trawled from the now kaput blog of Rev. Paul McCain. Rev. McCain writes... From time...

July 29, 2014

Rev. Dr. Scott R. Murray on "Gospel Reductionism"

From Ch. 3, "American Lutheranism, 1961-76: A Period of Extremes"... (Nota Bene: boldface emphases mine....

July 28, 2014

The First Volume of Weidner's Works is Now Available!

This is the beginning of #WeidnerWeek, and we will have new releases each day from...

July 25, 2014

We believe in… theosis?

Isn't that what the Eastern Orthodox believe in? Aren't we Lutherans different? If you say...

July 23, 2014

Luther and Chemnitz and Gerhard — Oh My! "The Simul", Free Will, and the Lutheran Fathers

There has been a fair amount of misrepresentation of Lutheranism by Lutherans in recent days...

July 23, 2014

Christification: A Lutheran Approach to Theosis, now available!

My new book Christification: A Lutheran Approach to Theosis is now available from Wipf &...

July 22, 2014

Why it's important to say "Catholic" in Article III of the Creed

reposted from a Facebook conversation from awhile back; starting in medias res... Catholicam, while it...

July 22, 2014

Announcing Weidner Week!

We have some exciting news for the coming weeks! Along with the relaunch of the...

July 21, 2014

"And he was baptized at once, he and all his family…"

From today's New Testament reading from the daily lection (Treasury of Daily Prayer): Then [the...

July 17, 2014

Ernst Sartorius: "Religion, the sacred band which unites man in spontaneous love to the Almighty Lord of the universe…"

From The Doctrine of the Person and Work of Christ, by Ernst Sartorius...coming very soon!...

July 12, 2014

Forensic Atonement and "Partaking of the Divine Nature"

[The following essay has been excerpted from personal correspondence and was originally posted at Pseudepigrapha:...

July 11, 2014

+ Requiescat in Pace + Klemet I. Preus

MEDITATION XVII BY John Donne NUNC LENTO SONITU DICUNT, MORIERIS. Now this bell tolling softly...

July 09, 2014

Three Realms, Two Kingdoms, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

Uh oh... There's not actually a post here. Bait Now you know why I'm the...

July 01, 2014

Equipping the Saints: A Study by Rev. Richard Shields

This is a two part Bible study from Pr. Richard P. Shields from the AALC...