Do you like what you read here? Does it pique your curiosity? Use the link above or click here to buy Dr. Murray’s book. The more I delve into his research and footnotes, the more I am convinced that this is a very important bit of scholarship that we Lutherans would do well to study, now more than ever. Educate your children classically. Minds like Murray’s don’t just happen. — TDD + ... Read more
Dr. Joel Biermann has just launched a website based upon his book A Case for Character: Toward a Lutheran Virtue Ethics (which can be purchased here). This is a fantastic resource with videos on topic such as: the two kinds of righteousness, three kinds of righteousness, and Law/Gospel reductionism. The site can be found here. Read more
Why the quotes? Because the phrase “the problem of evil” is often expressed to mean that it is a problem for those who believe in God. It’s not. It is a problem for those who don’t. Not in that they can’t logically explain it from their premises (their question should be “Why is there any good in the world?”), but that they do not see that they – we all – are the cause of the problem. God is not,... Read more
In this the lucky thirteenth episode of Pseudepodcast Trent’s soul went under the knife, as co-hosts Levi and Matt interrogated him about all sorts of things — his experience growing up Lutheranish, his idling for a time in evangelicalism as a teenager, his rediscovery of Lutheranism as an undergraduate in college, and where he was on the night of Septober the eleventeenth when Mrs. Digginsworth was found mostly-dead in her cabbage-patch. Featured content: C. S. Lewis on “Liturgiology” |... Read more
C.F.W. Walther was the first president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and president of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. He remains the most influential theologian to arise from the Synodical Conference. He is most well known for his book “The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel,” and his contributions to the debate on God’s eternal election.Though a dogmatic thinker, Walther was primarily a pastoral theologian. He served at Trinity Lutheran Church in St Louis from 1841 until his death... Read more
On today’s program, I played audio from a seminar my wife (Lisa Cooper) gave at the AALC National Convention this summer on evaluating women’s Bible studies. She discussed common misunderstandings of Scripture and distortions of the Gospel which one should look out for. Here is the program Read more
Preached Aug. 31, 2014 at Concordia Lutheran Church, Nashville. It’s a video, so you can’t speed-read it, but it’s shorter than the podcasts. Read more
This sermon was preached on August 31, the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, at Hope Lutheran Church on Romans 12:9-21. The message was focused on the response to God’s grace through service to one’s neighbor. Here is the message Read more
In this episode Trent, Matt, and Levi discuss the issue of images and icons. Trent falls asleep while Matt regales him with excerpts from Luther’s Against the Heavenly Prophets. The audio quality takes a turn for the worse towards the end only to miraculously recover when Levi lights a candle to the image of Santa Lucia, the patron saint of internet bandwidth. The first commandment is discussed and the lads try their hand at exegesis. Works referenced: Against the Heavenly... Read more
Just and Sinner
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In
Book Review: Psalms Vol. 2
Review by Rev. Richard Shields. Seminary President ALTS and Pastor of Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church in Frazier Park, CA A Commentary on Psalms: Volume 2 (42-89) by Allen P. Ross Content: 5 star, but… Kregel provides a valuable resource in this commentary. The commentary follows the typical pattern that Kregel has used on the Old Testament Commentaries (see Judges and Ruth). The sections for analyzing each Psalm are: Introduction (Text and Textual Variants; Composition and Context; Exegetical Analysis) Commentary in Expository... Read more