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June 2026

June 16, 2026

Free Will and Christian Freedom TWO

Within a deterministic framework, "libertarian free will" refers to self-determination and "Christian freedom" refers to...

November 2024

November 12, 2024

Faith Alone Belongs to the Gospel

I argue against Patheos columnist Dennis Knapp who contends that "justification by faith alone" is...

August 2024

August 30, 2024

Justification of the Doubter

God's grace justifies the doubter as well as the sinner, according to Paul Tillich.

August 20, 2023

What is justification by faith?

Justification by faith, as emphasized by St. Paul and again in the Protestant Reformation, signifies...

December 2022

December 22, 2022

Christmas 4: Mean Estate

For here we see the great and wonderful work of God, that for the sake...

December 06, 2022

Did I lose my Self to Christian Freedom?

Christian freedom, paradoxically, enhances libertarian freedom for loving the neighbor.

November 2022

November 28, 2022

Did I lose my inborn sense of God to Atheism?

Our inborn sensus divinitatis touted by John Calvin and Friedrich Schleiermacher seems to be threatened...

November 13, 2022

Jack London 4: Lone Wolf Ethics

In this sub-series within the larger Jack London series we are asking: given that we...

November 07, 2022

Religious Transhumanism 15. Lutheran?

Is a distinctively Lutheran transhumanism likely? No, according to Noreen Herzfeld. Why? Because transhumanist assumptions...

October 2022

October 29, 2022

Reformation Sunday 2022

When we say "justification by faith," which dimension of faith justifies? Belief? Trust? Indwelling of...

October 23, 2022

What is Public Theology?

What is public theology? Public theology is conceived in the church, critically honed in the...

October 12, 2022

Self-Justification

What happens when we sin? We draw a line between good and evil. Then, we...

October 12, 2022

Sin Boldly!

Here is my ethical advice. If sinful action is unavoidable, be honest and follow the...

October 04, 2022

How does Jesus save? Part Six: Happy Exchange

Martin Luther's "Happy Exchange" model of atonement is a distinctive variant of the satisfaction and...

September 2022

September 26, 2022

How does Jesus save? Part Four: Satisfaction

Anselm's Satisfaction Theory of Atonement gets accused of divine child abuse and other nasties. The...

September 16, 2022

How does Jesus save? Part Three: Christus Victor

Christus Victor--Christ as-our-victorious-champion or Christ as-our-liberator--might be the most dramatic answer to the question: how...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

Economism vs Common Good Part Four

By myth-busting, we show how the 7 principal tenets of Milton Friedman's economism are destructive...

November 2021

November 05, 2021

Sin 2: Self-Justification

I believe the concept of sin is one of the brightest lights the public theologian...