Introducing Michael Morch's new book, SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY AS A RATIONALLY JUSTIFIED PUBLIC DISCOURSE ABOUT GOD. By exacting scientific criteria such as coherence, what the theologian conceives in the church become intelligible to the wider culture. Read more
The handy Russian word, 'matushka', means 'mother' but refers to the wife of a priest. Matushka Olga of Alaska was just glorified in 2023. What might wives of male Luthean pastors think about being matushkas. Well, check out an organization not yet online, Suipporting Husbands in Theology. It's abbreviated, SHIT. Read more
My student friend, Zipei, met her true soulmate, Nick. Together they share a relationship with the divine. That's what souls do. Read more
Does God exist? Does God quench the thirst within our souls to be at one with the Beyond and the Intimate? A rational proof for God's existence gets us almost there, but not quite. We need special revelation to confirm the existence and the presence of God. Read more
The Blessed Mother Olga of Alaska knitted mittens and, thereby, opened the gate to the Kingdom of God. Read more
Why, I wonder, would our cancel culture go so far as to cancel Jesus from Christmas? Does it suggest that secularism and paganism have won the culture war? Read more
Are UFOs Our Celestial Saviors? The experience of sighting a UAP or being abducted by aliens intermix with fictional portrayals. The classic 1951 movie, "The Day the Earth Stood Still," affected the UFO culture for decades. Of particular significance is the alien message to Earth: stop testing nuclear weapons and work for world peace! Read more
No! No! UFO. That's what the U.S. Senate said to scientists clamoring for passage of the UAP Disclosure Act. But, take heart. Secretly, we know or at least hope that the Pentagon has become omnipotent by harnessing the more advanced technology reverse engineered from crashed alien spacecraft. Read more
Whereas sin-talk alone squashes our sense of self-worth, grace-talk announces our value in the eyes of God. So, let's put sin-talk and grace-talk together into a single grammar of faith. Read more
The bombastic vitriol spewed by the anti-Christian nationalsm movement is really aimed, I think, at American evangelical Christians. Read more
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