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May 2019

May 04, 2019

And Now… A Message for Today’s LC-MS Mainstream (Sermon by Nathan Rinne)

Post by Nathan Rinne +++ Sermon follows. First, prefatory material to set the stage......

February 2019

February 22, 2019

Does God Expect Rulers Today to “Kiss the Son, Lest He Be Angry”?

Post by Nathan Rinne +++ Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of...

October 2018

October 17, 2018

Male Headship as Domestic Abuse: a Crypto-Feminist Plot in the Church?

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne Prefatory comment: This post, like the last one on this...

October 05, 2018

The Duluth Model as Trojan Horse of Feminist Theology within the Church?

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne Note: Per usual, please note that I am representing...

May 2018

May 03, 2018

Men Matter: Expanding on The Most Memorable Post on Patheos I’ve Read

Post by Nathan Rinne (This will be my last post here for several months. Taking...

April 2018

April 06, 2018

A Critique of the LC-MS document, “Women and Military Service: A Lutheran Perspective”

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne Should women serve in combat roles in the military? In...

March 2018

March 19, 2018

Sex and America’s Political Conscience: Seared, Hardened, and “Woke” All at the Same Time (part II of II)

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne So, per the last post in this series, there are...

March 16, 2018

Sex and America’s Political Conscience: Seared, Hardened, and “Woke” All at the Same Time (part I of II)

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne You want to get to the sex stuff and political...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

What do Jordan Peterson’s and Harvard’s Views of Truth Have to do with One Another?

Post by Nathan Rinne The key similarity is this: Both are confident that their...

January 2018

January 19, 2018

A “Fate” Worse than Dead Orthodoxy: Today’s Institutionalization of the Reformation Churches

Even very serious believers, seeking to push back against the world, have ended up trying...

December 2017

December 20, 2017

What Can C.S. Lewis’s Sublime Waterfall From His “Abolition of Man” Teach Us Today?

+++ Post by Nathan Rinne If I say the "waterfall is sublime" is that an...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Martin Luther Addresses the Nashville Statement: Does it Reveal or Cause Sin?

Post by Nathan Rinne Do you think that you can love God but not...

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Want to Save Free Speech? Listen to Rod Dreher, Jordan Cooper, Issues ETC., etc…

Post by Nathan Rinne Popular libertarian You Tuber Stefan Molyneux argues with all his rhetorical...

January 2017

January 19, 2017

How Can Christian Schools Shine in a “Doubling Down” World?

Post by Nathan Rinne It has become a “don’t back down, double-down” world. Many...

January 04, 2017

Resolved: Why We Should Recognize, not Emphasize, the Christian’s Freed, New Will

Post by Nathan Rinne There is a brutal honesty in the 16th century Lutheran Confessional...

September 2016

September 06, 2016

The Rorty-ification – and Hegelianization – of the West: A Primer on Social Constructivism and Social Constructionism for Concerned Americans

"There is a deeper pleasure in following truth to the scaffold or the cross, than...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Heartfelt Spiritual Counsel for “Fabulous Internet Supervillain” Milo Yiannopoulos

Post by Nathan Rinne I recently watched a couple of interviews (here and here) the...

May 23, 2016

Is Martin Luther’s Sola Scriptura Our Sola Scriptura?

Post by Nathan Rinne Adam Hamilton is the senior pastor of the United Methodist Church...

May 10, 2016

Intelligent Public Discourse on Transgenderism – Able to Moderate the Current “Bathroom Battle”?

Post by Nathan Rinne If you are a serious Christian - or even if you...

May 05, 2016

If Christians Enjoy Making Assertions, Why Speak with Them?

Post by Nathan Rinne "...and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become...

April 2016

April 18, 2016

The Critical Text: Very Word of God? Fallible “Witness” of Man? Both!?

Post by Nathan Rinne "But the notion that in Scripture some things are recondite and...

April 05, 2016

Satan Playing the Long Game? What’s the Problem with the Critical Text?

Post by Nathan Rinne Update: a good amount of discussion has ensued in response to...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

“Ad Fontes” Benedict Option!: From the World to the Word

Post by Nathan Rinne Rod Dreher is one of my favorite columnists. I consider his...

March 2015

March 04, 2015

Facing Hostility, Can Some Christian Colleges Boldly Continue to Welcome All?

Post by Nathan Rinne How Christian colleges and universities in America can continue to be...