By Luke Kjolhaug

10/16/26

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Grace is Not an Excuse

In Jesus, God acted first, even when we were dead in our trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:5).

Chad Bird

10/13/26

Jesus Is God: The Old Testament Says So

Yahweh who is pierced and mourned in prophecy is Jesus who is pierced and mourned in fulfillment.

John W. Hoyum

10/09/26

World Mission and Inner Mission

There is indeed a responsibility for the church to share the gospel in the world, but never at the expense of the church’s charity and mercy for those neighbors who are nearby.

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Sam P. Schuldheisz

03/03/26

Life through Death According to Bonhoeffer

For Bonhoeffer, Christ crucified, and the cross of the Christian life were not of peripheral importance, but foundational.

Christopher J. Richmann

02/17/26

Wrath and Death

People everywhere, every day, feel God’s wrath—and not as merely an afterlife threat but as a present reality.

Philip Bartelt

02/10/26

Justice Reclaimed

Christians can pursue projects of justice free of the burden of being the justifier of the world; that office belongs to Christ and Christ alone.

Scott Keith

02/03/26

Let the Babies Come to Me, and Don’t Abort Them

We believe in a Savior who raises the dead: this is why the church is the one place on earth that can speak plainly about abortion without collapsing into despair.

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Mark Mattes

01/20/26

When Religion Becomes Obsolete, Christ Does Not

American religion did not become optional because the gospel failed. It became optional because religion slowly redefined itself around usefulness.

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Mark Mattes

01/08/26

The Future of Lutheranism Belongs to Builders

The crisis is not merely that people are leaving. The crisis is that we have relinquished what is uniquely Lutheran and deeply needed.

Russ Lackey

01/05/26

Wake Up Dead Man: A Word Worth Saving for Lent

Wake Up Dead Man is not ultimately a story about mystery, exposure, or even justice. It is a story about what happens when mercy speaks to death—and death listens.

Zack James Cole

12/25/25

The Second Adam Comes Home for Christmas

Merry Christmas, Christ has spoken, and his verdict stands.

Matthew L. Rubinstein

12/05/25

Death and the Maiden

It is death that deserves derision, not the disciple who reaches through sorrow for his Lord.

Bradley Gray

11/25/25

A Review of The Well That Washes What it Shows by Jonathan Linebaugh

“The well that washes what it shows” captures the essence of Linebaugh’s project, which aims to give the paradigmatic law-gospel hermeneutic a colloquial and visual language.

Brian W. Thomas

11/21/25

Christian Nationalism: What It Is and Isn't

Caesar gets your taxes. Christ gets your heart.

Luke Kjolhaug

11/18/25

Why AI Avatars Can’t Conquer Death

The Christian answer to death is not a disembodied app, but a bodily resurrection.

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