Concordia Publishing House has just published a new biography of Frederick the Wise, the powerful Duke of Saxony who was Luther’s protector. I was able to read an advance copy, and it is excellent. The book, by the multi-faceted biographer Sam Wellman, puts the reader
Have a joyous Easter, everybody! Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the
Great Holy Week meditation from LCMS President Matthew Harrison: The world must surely think we’ve lost our marbles when, in the liturgy for Good Friday, the words ring out: “We adore You, O Lord, and we praise and glorify Your resurrection. For behold, by the
Scientists have been studying the mechanics, physiology, and history of crucifixion. They have learned that it was more horrible than people had assumed. Details and a link to some of the findings after the jump. (more…)
More from Oswald Bayer, who shows the connection between justification and creation, as underscored in Luther’s Small Catechism: The world was called into being without any worldly condition, in pure freedom and pure goodness. Creation out of nothing means that everything that is exists out
I’ve posted this poem before, since it’s maybe my favorite poem by George Herbert. But I realized that this is his Maundy Thursday poem. It’s all here: love, the agony in the garden, the Sacrament, the leadup to the Crucifixion. And in this poem, Herbert
Anthony Sacramone discusses all of the magazine cover stories about “the search for the real Jesus” that get published during Lent, generally concluding that we can’t really know much about Him, the assumption being that the Gospels aren’t reliable. Well, Mr. Sacramone gives a very
Dark matter constitutes 85% of the universe. New research shows how weird this stuff is. Not only is dark matter invisible, it can pass through not only ordinary matter, but also other dark matter. (more…)
More from Oswald Bayer: Luther never downplays or treats as harmless the situation of temptation and testing when God withdraws and conceals himself. He confronts it in all its depth and sharpness. He does not ignore experiences of suffering. Yet he still refuses to accept
If you come across any amusing April Fool’s Day pranks–on the internet, in the media, in actual life–please tell about them here. Read this for the origins, though it sounds like no one really knows for sure, with the explanations themselves sounding like hoaxes.
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