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February 2018

February 06, 2018

Theosis and Christification Explained

This video gives a brief definition of the term theosis, as well as my proposal...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

C.F.W. Walther on the Mystical Union and Pentecost

The time of Pentecost is one in which the church has the opportunity to speak...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Lecture on the Mystical Union

My second lecture from the 2015 Just and Sinner Conference is now available. It is...

October 08, 2015

Kretzmann on the Mystical Union

These comments come from Paul E. Kretzmann's commentary on Ephesians 3:14-19. The commentaries can be...

June 2015

June 02, 2015

Christification

On this week's podcast, I played my lecture Christification: A Lutheran Approach to Theosis from...

May 2015

May 12, 2015

Justification and Christification Lectures from the Imago Dei Conference

These are my two lectures from the Imago Dei conference held at Holy Trinity Lutheran...

January 2015

January 14, 2015

A Brief Response to Kolb and Arand on Theosis

An excerpt from a book I'm currently writing: In the context of active righteousness, Kolb...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

Pastor Sonntag's Extremely Helpful Comments on the Brothers of John the Steadfast Blog

[Note: this post was accidently published earlier today under Trent Demarest's name by me, Nathan...

November 05, 2014

Johann Gerhard on the Mystical Union

This is a short selection of citations from Gerhard's Sacred Meditations (the edition put out...

November 05, 2014

Defining Christification

There has been some extensive discussion surrounding my book on Brothers of John the Steadfast...

August 2014

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...

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 23, 2014

Christification: A Lutheran Approach to Theosis, now available!

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

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Distinguo brevis – Mannermaa, Osiander, and Eastern Orthodoxy

...starting in medias res. The reason why Tuomo Mannermaa’s article is controversial is less theological...

June 20, 2014

Joseph Stump on the Mystical Union

Originally found at this link. There is a mystical union of God and the believer,...

June 17, 2014

Carl Lindberg on Mystical Union

The new life, brought about by regeneration, is evidenced in the fact that God dwells...

June 17, 2014

A Translation of David Hollaz on Mystical Union

This a (very rough) translation of sections of David Hollaz's chapter on mystical union in...

June 03, 2014

An Explanation of the Luther Chapter in my Book

Since the recent discussion has erupted over my book, some have attempted to see my...

June 03, 2014

Lutheranism and Theosis

The book I am currently working on is an evaluation of the Eastern Orthodox doctrine...

June 03, 2014

A Review of "Inhabiting the Cruciform God" by Michael J. Gorman

Michael J. Gorman's work Inhabiting the Cruciform God: Kenosis, Justification, and Theosis in Paul's Narrative Soteriology,...

June 03, 2014

A Review of William W. Schumacher's "Who Do I Say That You Are?"

The most comprehensive critique of the Finnish school of Luther interpretation available in English is...

June 03, 2014

Osiander and the Finnish Interpretation of Luther

When I published my article "A Lutheran Response to Justification: Five Views," (which can be found here)...