The gospel isn’t for the strong but people who know they aren’t.
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03/20/26
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.
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01/01/26
Christmas is not only about a cradle in Bethlehem, it’s also about a cross outside Jerusalem where salvation was won for us.
12/30/25
The story of your life stretches beyond the dash on the tombstone.
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12/25/25
Christmas is not for remembering, thinking, pondering, trying to make sure you are really celebrating it properly, or for wondering whether you truly have faith.
12/23/25
Lewis once pointed out that Christianity does not begin by telling us how to behave, but by telling us what is wrong.
12/19/25
To know the cure is not to become immune to sorrow.
12/15/25
Christ did not merely urge humanity to be kind. He embodied perfect kindness by giving his life for those who neither earned nor expected such a gift.
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12/11/25
This ancient “tale of two mothers” concerns far more than theological semantics—it is the difference between a God who sends and a God who comes.
12/09/25
Was Jesus ambitious or unambitious? We have to say that the answer is…yes.
12/05/25
It is death that deserves derision, not the disciple who reaches through sorrow for his Lord.
11/20/25
If Psalms 1 and 2 reveal the Christ who reigns, Psalms 3 and 4 reveal the Christ who remains.
11/06/25
Something Reformation Christians ought to do is familiarize themselves with Roman Catholic theology.
11/04/25
The acrostic psalms do not hold because of their perfect structure. Nor do our lives.
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