Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

By Kelsi Klembara

10/30/26

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Why the Reformation Still Matters in an Age of Virtue

Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.

Mark Duerr

10/29/26

Messengers, Angels, and Apostles

While God can, and often does, appear to people face to face, he also often employs the use of several types of messengers.

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

Bradley Gray

10/28/26

Where the Inside Is Larger Than the Outside

The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.

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Donavon Riley

12/06/16

Isn't There Anywhere A Person Can Be Still?

This time of year, Christmas time, the world isn't so much Christ-expectant as it is Christ-haunted.

Donavon Riley

10/20/16

The Naked How and the Fleshy Why

Over and over, generation after generation, sinners repeat the same mistake. "How is it possible that God can be a man," we ask.

Bruce Hillman

10/10/16

Please, Sing to Me!

I once heard an old, retired Lutheran professor give in interview on a podcast. He was asked by the interviewer why people should bother going to church if they could just be saved through a personal relationship with Jesus?

Brian W. Thomas

08/30/16

What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 5: The Role of Music in the Church)

Music is an inherent part of our humanity as image-bearers of God. And like all gifts, it is meant for the good of the receiver.

Chad Bird

08/17/16

The Danger and Delight of Happiness

In happiness, we dare never forget that it is Christ, and Christ alone, who has restored our joy.

Brian W. Thomas

07/07/16

What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 4: The Dialect of Worship)

We are continuing our summer series on a theology of worship through the lens of language. Before moving forward, let me highlight a few points by way of review.

Brian W. Thomas

06/14/16

What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 3: The Syntax of Worship)

Like any language, the liturgy has syntax—a structure that provides order and intelligibly communicates meaning through all that is said.

Brian W. Thomas

04/29/16

What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 1: Basic Grammar)

Over the next few months, I invite you to join me in looking at what the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions have to say about the subject of worship through the lens of language.

Chad Bird

02/06/16

Three Hymns on the Transfiguration

In nature one with God, The Son partakes in love, Of human flesh that we, Partake of God above.

Chad Bird

01/29/16

Jesus and Abortion

If April 1 is April Fools’ Day, then March 25 is Divine Fool’s Day. Falling nine months before Christmas, it’s the day when God set in motion what appeared to be a foolish plan.

Chad Bird

01/06/16

Today is the Birthday of Light

A star appears in the East. A spotlight over its Creator. A single constellation bows over that Light of Light from whom darkness flees.

Steve Byrnes

12/30/15

Reflections on a Cold Silent Night

There are so many paradoxes that we can appreciate as we seek to grasp more of the meaning of the miracle of Christmas.

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