Post-Denominational Lutheranism
By John W. Hoyum
03/20/26
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Post-Denominational Lutheranism

One great thing about our post-denominational age is that it has opened up opportunities to make common cause with other Lutherans who, despite their differences and eccentricities, can agree on some of the most important things.
Getting Over your Pride
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
03/19/26

Getting Over your Pride

Pride builds identities that leave no room for grace.
Blessed Beggars
Heather Schulz
Heather Schulz
03/18/26

Blessed Beggars

We can willingly admit the fact that we're just like tax collectors and thieves.

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John Bombaro
John Bombaro
04/30/22

Virtue Signaling Justifies Nobody: Paul and Galatians 5:13-21

In the Church, the cry is, “He loves,” and it is that message which transforms our worldviews from taking to giving, from radical individualism to trans-demographic inclusivism, from selfishness to selflessness, from “tolerate my rights” to “loving rightly together.”
1517 Publishing
1517 Publishing
04/19/22

A Q&A for "A Shepherd's Letter"

History won’t judge us, Jesus will. We already have his judgment. He gave it to us from the cross, where he acquitted us with his death.
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
04/18/22

Free Range Christ

Free-range Christ is fearful Christ because he is present, speaking, and I just crucified him.
Tyler Cronkright
Tyler Cronkright
04/11/22

Easter is Overrated

Easter must be seen in light of the cross. It must never overshadow Good Friday. They are a packaged deal!
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
04/10/22

Bearing the Cross-A Sermon for Wednesday in Holy Week

Simon carried the cross, but Jesus was carried by the cross to death.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
04/05/22

Dying (and Living) on the Slopes of Sola Fide

My one hope of not only entering a right relationship with God but also stepping into glory is the same: it’s Christ. It’s always Christ.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
04/04/22

The End of Ethics

False holiness is always a possession and achievement of the individual in isolation from the good of others. And so it isn’t holiness at all.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/18/22

The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms (Part 4)

Theologians of glory searched for God everywhere except the Cross of Christ.
Sarah Crowder
Sarah Crowder
03/16/22

The Coronation of Edward VI

Edward's goal of teaching his people to know the scriptures and to believe that their salvation depended on Christ is also essential for us today.
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
03/13/22

Preaching Law and Gospel: Repentance and Faith from the Penitential Psalms in Lent

Luther recognized that in the penitential psalms, God gives us the words to cry out to Him in our distress, lament our sins, and confess trust in the promise of His righteousness in which alone is our sure and certain hope.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
03/11/22

The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms (Part 3)

For Luther, those who refuse Christ as a curse want their sin removed not in Christ but in themselves.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
03/09/22

500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 2)

Confession is not another ecclesiastical bludgeon but is instead a gift. There we can tell the truth about ourselves, knowing that Christ has only mercy for us in response.
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