According to a book entitled “Is Europe Christian?” the secularism of contemporary Western culture comes from having replaced Christianity with “the religion of desire.” Read more
April 15, 2020
A Creedal Testimony from Less Than Five Years after Jesus’ Resurrection
April 15, 2020 By Gene Veith
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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. Read more
April 14, 2020
What Is So Wonderful about Lutheran Worship
April 14, 2020 By Gene Veith
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A convert to Lutheranism describes her appreciation for the “theological craftsmanship” of Lutheran liturgical worship. Read more
April 13, 2020
When Corporate Worship Is Taken Away
April 13, 2020 By Gene Veith
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The coronavirus restrictions on corporate worship may be necessary to fight the coronavirus epidemic, but they still raise theological issues and religious liberty questions. Read more
April 10, 2020
Holy Days for the Church in Exile
April 10, 2020 By Gene Veith
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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. Read more
April 9, 2020
Classic Pestilence Prayers & Maundy Thursday
April 9, 2020 By Gene Veith
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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. Read more
April 8, 2020
The Government Will Even Bail Out Churches
April 8, 2020 By Gene Veith
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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? Read more
April 7, 2020
Bailing Out Everybody
April 7, 2020 By Gene Veith
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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? Read more
April 6, 2020
Teddy Roosevelt Did Exactly What the Captain of the USS Roosevelt Did
April 6, 2020 By Gene Veith
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Capt. Brett Crozier lost his command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt for asking his superiors to help save his crew from the epidemic and then leaking his request to the press. Col. Teddy Roosevelt of the Rough Riders, for whom the ship was named, did exactly the same thing! Read more
April 3, 2020
Our Inability to Sit in a Quiet Room Alone
April 3, 2020 By Gene Veith
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As the days of coronavirus quarantine turn into weeks and the prospect of months, we are getting stir crazy. I have come across several references to Blaise Pascal’s observation about the human inability to sit in a quiet room alone. Here is what he meant by that. Read more
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