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December 05, 2017
God Acts for Those Who Wait for Him
Why doesn’t God do something about all the evil in the world? The Bible says...
December 04, 2017
The Season of Christ “Coming to” Us
The season of Advent has begun! The word comes from the Latin, meaning “coming to”...
December 01, 2017
Dating Christ’s Tomb
Last year, as we blogged about, in connection with renovation work on Jerusalem's Church of...
November 2017
November 29, 2017
Luther on Matter, the Senses, & Emotions
In our last post on Mark Mattes's new book Martin Luther's Theology of Beauty, we...
November 27, 2017
Why Assume That Joseph Was Old?
The portrayal of St. Joseph as an old man is not from the Bible but...
November 16, 2017
The New Da Vinci: “The Savior of the World”
There is a newly discovered and authenticated painting by Leonardo da Vinci, a painting of...
November 01, 2017
The Gospel as Heresy
We posted about the “Filial Correction” in which a number of conservative Catholics accused Pope...
October 2017
October 26, 2017
Eyewitnesses to Jesus: The Testimony of Papias
Scot McKnight points us to a quotation from Papias, a first century Christian, who tells...
October 16, 2017
How Luther Challenges Protestants
Martin Luther challenged and continues to challenge Roman Catholic theology in some profound ways. But...
September 2017
September 28, 2017
The Cross in Fashion
Christianity is reportedly in decline in the West, especially among trendy millennials. And yet, the...
September 22, 2017
The Prosperity Gospel vs. the Theology of the Cross
Lutheran theology is pretty much the opposite of the Prosperity Gospel.
September 14, 2017
Tetzel on 7 Years in Purgatory for Every Sin
I came across a sermon from Johann Tetzel, the indulgence peddler who provoked Luther's 95...
July 2017
July 13, 2017
Reading the language of creation
I'm at the Conference on Classical Lutheran Education in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the theme of which this year...
June 2017
June 22, 2017
Von Uhde’s “Christ with the Peasants”
More from the Lutheran artist Fritz von Uhde, another variation on the theme of...
June 21, 2017
A painting of “Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest. . .”
In researching yesterday's post on Saying Grace, I came across this painting. I said to...
June 05, 2017
Walther on our “mystical union” with the Holy Spirit
Yesterday was Pentecost, the great festival remembering God's gift of the Holy Spirit. Thanks to...
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May 30, 2017
Guilt and shame
There is guilt, the inner torment that comes from doing what is wrong. And there...
May 25, 2017
“Now He Is Very Near”
Some people think that Christ’s ascension into Heaven means that He is no longer with...
May 23, 2017
The cup for the laity
The communion practice of the Roman Catholic Church, up until Vatican II, was for the...
April 2017
April 19, 2017
The search for Christ’s DNA
Forensic archaeologists have been extracting the DNA that can still be found in old bones...
April 14, 2017
The day that God suffered and died
A powerful Good Friday devotion would be to read Article VIII of the Formula of Concord:...
April 14, 2017
Light, darkness, & the Cross
S. J. Masson, a new Patheos blogger at Hawkeye, has written a wide-ranging, thought-provoking post that...
April 13, 2017
Eating, sacrifice, and the Gospel
When a thale cress plant is being eaten by a caterpillar, it responds by sending...
April 10, 2017
The Jewish argument for “closed” Passover meals
Many churches during Holy Week hold a "Seder" meal, a version of the Jewish Passover...
April 07, 2017
Martin Luther as inventor of freedom
Lutherans aren't the only ones celebrating the 500th anniversary of Luther's posting of the 95...
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March 29, 2017
Praying the Catechism
Many Christians have problems praying. Our minds wander; we run through our wants and needs; we...
March 27, 2017
Holy Sepulchre needs more repair or it might collapse
Restoration work on the shrine built around the likely spot of Christ's tomb has been...
March 21, 2017
Work on Jesus’ burial site completed
We blogged about the excavation and renovation of Jesus' tomb at our post "See the...
March 14, 2017
Saying Christ is the only way to God is “abusive and criminal”?
Two British street preachers were arrested for publicly reading the Bible, particularly the parts about...
March 08, 2017
Converts to “religion of freedom” are boosting church attendance in Europe
The Muslim immigrants converting to Christianity are having a noticeable effect on church growth and church...
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