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April 2020

April 16, 2020
According to a book entitled "Is Europe Christian?" the secularism of contemporary Western culture comes...
April 15, 2020
Scholars have identified a creedal testimony to the atoning death and resurrection of Jesus that...
April 14, 2020
A convert to Lutheranism describes her appreciation for the "theological craftsmanship" of Lutheran liturgical worship.
April 13, 2020
The coronavirus restrictions on corporate worship may be necessary to fight the coronavirus epidemic, but...
April 10, 2020
Just as today's Christians can't go to church and receive the sacraments, God's people during...
April 09, 2020
If we can't celebrate Maundy Thursday with the Sacrament, we can celebrate it with Christ's...
April 08, 2020
The CARES Act, the government plan to bailout virtually everyone hurt economically by the coronavirus...
April 07, 2020
In an effort to stop the coronavirus epidemic, the government pushed "pause" on much of...
April 06, 2020
Capt. Brett Crozier lost his command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt for asking his superiors...
April 03, 2020
As the days of coronavirus quarantine turn into weeks and the prospect of months, we...
April 02, 2020
According to President Trump and his COVID-19 task force, over the next two weeks death...
April 01, 2020
Here is an intense prayer "In Times of Pestilence" from the Lutheran Prayer Book of...

March 2020

March 31, 2020
The coronavirus epidemic throws the doctrine of vocation into high relief: not only our economic...
March 30, 2020
An article in the "Wall Street Journal" suggests that the COVID-19 epidemic could spark a...
March 27, 2020
In times of quarantine, when church services are shut down, many Christians are turning to...
March 26, 2020
In Edward Young's "Night Thoughts," an unusual poetic meditation on death, the poet turns around...
March 25, 2020
"So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three" (1 Cor 13:13).  We hear a...
March 24, 2020
An article by Lyman Stone, entitled "Christianity Has Been Handling Epidemics for 2000 Years," surveys...
March 23, 2020
All pastors and their congregations should take advantage of this free resource on what churches...
March 21, 2020
I would like to invite you to our church; that is, to our online service. ...
March 20, 2020
In "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions," John Donne reflects on the course of his sickness from...
March 19, 2020
In his advice about dealing with plagues, Luther counsels against over-reactions and false piety. He...
March 18, 2020
As we face the coronavirus, the Bible has much to say about plagues and pestilences....
March 17, 2020
In the course of his "Confession," in which St. Patrick recounts his life as a...
March 16, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak has been called "the first postmodern pandemic", though the author didn't say...
March 13, 2020
An account of a young man who found his childhood evangelicalism too shallow. He moved...
March 12, 2020
The divorce rate has dropped dramatically since its high point in the 1980s and, particularly,...
March 11, 2020
Those who criticize us Lutherans for being "too Catholic" often hold "Catholic" beliefs themselves. Contemporary...
March 10, 2020
In his "Table Talk," Luther reflects on the spiritual and existential significance of plagues. He...
March 09, 2020
Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina, has launched a forceful defense of capitalism.  In...
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