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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Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
03/03/19

Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 (Lent 1: Series C)

There are two ways to think about what’s happening when someone is tempted. The first is to imagine temptation as enticement toward something bad and wrong. This is probably the more common of the two. But there’s another way of thinking about it. Temptation could also be seen as encouragement away from something good and right.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
03/01/19

The Feast of Transfiguration

The Father uses this last festival of Epiphany, the Transfiguration, to announce one more time to us just who Jesus is: His beloved Son, the Chosen One
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
02/28/19

One Substance with the Father

As one substance, Christ is God become man, the fullness of God who was pleased to dwell in Jesus Christ.
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
02/21/19

Font to Table: The Deeper Meaning Behind Baptismal Fonts

The majority of churches still use the traditional eight-sided font. The question I’d like to explore in this post is, “Why?”
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
01/22/19

Font to Table: Why Do So Many Churches Have Red Doors?

The red door was fair warning to pursuers that they could proceed no further.
Walter Hwang
Walter Hwang
01/08/19

Where Are You?

I grew up playing baseball – mostly “street” baseball, with a bunch of friends. It was one of my passions in life.
Grant Klembara
Grant Klembara
01/04/19

The Birth of the Confessing Church

When bishops err we must not follow...We must obey God before man.
Dan van Voorhis
Dan van Voorhis
12/24/18

Merry Christmas, Charles the Great!

The celebration of He who came in humility, who would upend the Kingdoms of this world, was eclipsed by men grasping at the power of each other’s supposed kingdoms.
Jim Nestingen
Jim Nestingen
12/18/18

Advent and the Preacher of Repentance

The age of grace has dawned, the time in which all things will be made new.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/05/18

Unwrapping Four Hebrew Words Before Christmas

As the church gathers in worship, however, different words reverberate in readings, hymns, and homilies. These words beckon us to get dirty.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/08/18

A Cynic Walks into a Church

The more that we hear the law, the more we recognize others as those who, like us, are torn and tattered by the wounds of sin and brokenness.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/01/18

Waking Up as a Dragon

Thank God for heroes: they inspire us to be better, to help others, to live and work for the good of our race. And thank God for villains, too: they incarnate our shadow side, our nocturnal soul, the dragon within us that must incessantly have its throat slit on the altar of repentance.
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