“Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” (1 Corinthians 1:25) This simple principle is one of the most profound…
“For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are…
Whoever said it, said it well: without the absolution—“I forgive you all your sins for Jesus’ sake”—Lutheranism has no particular reason to exist. Every issue of the Reformation, from preaching…
There were several things in the October 10 News Story about the September 26-30 meeting of the ELCA’s Conference of Bishops that I found to be most interesting, significant, and…
"Build Yourselves Up in Your Most Holy Faith" Jude 20 "...Mantenganse en el amor de Dios, edificandose sobre la base de su santisima fe..." Judas 20 On Holy Cross Day,…
On August 25, 2010, at a meeting of Lutheran CORE that would at its close give birth to the separate organization of the North American Lutheran Church (NALC), I wrote…
Life Together? "The Model Constitution is how we have agreed to live together,” she said. “No,” I thought to myself, “the Augsburg Confession is how we have agreed to live…