The President and his coronavirus task force have issued plans for a three-phase return to normalcy. Here are the details and thoughts about how it will work.
The President and his coronavirus task force have issued plans for a three-phase return to normalcy. Here are the details and thoughts about how it will work.
On March 31, the president and his coronavirus task force warned us to brace ourselves for a "hell of a bad two weeks." Computer models projected a soaring death rate, peaking on April 16. Some of the predictions at that briefing proved true, while others did not.
According to a book entitled "Is Europe Christian?" the secularism of contemporary Western culture comes from having replaced Christianity with "the religion of desire."
Scholars have identified a creedal testimony to the atoning death and resurrection of Jesus that is dated within five years, possibly just months, after it happened.
A convert to Lutheranism describes her appreciation for the "theological craftsmanship" of Lutheran liturgical worship.
The coronavirus restrictions on corporate worship may be necessary to fight the coronavirus epidemic, but they still raise theological issues and religious liberty questions.
Just as today's Christians can't go to church and receive the sacraments, God's people during the Babylonian exile had to live without the Temple and without the sacrifices. What that means for Good Friday and Easter.
If we can't celebrate Maundy Thursday with the Sacrament, we can celebrate it with Christ's mandate for Christians to love one another and with prayer. Readers of this blog have contributed two classic prayers--one by C. F. W. Walther--in times of epidemics. And alerted us to a remarkable collection of prayers drawn from the rich heritage of Lutheran spirituality.
The CARES Act, the government plan to bailout virtually everyone hurt economically by the coronavirus epidemic, also includes churches. How it works and how to apply. But should churches take the money?
In an effort to stop the coronavirus epidemic, the government pushed "pause" on much of the American economy, then put up $2.2 trillion to sustain American workers and businesses until it can hit "play" again. Will this attempt to bail out virtually every American work, or will it have have unintended consequences for our economic and political systems?
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