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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Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/31/19

Church Trash, Cotton Candy Spiritualism, and God's Ongoing Reformation

All major and minor reformations happen not because people react but because God acts. He reforms. He looks down from heaven, has mercy upon his starving children, and ends the famine of the Word by sending the rain of the Gospel.
Bror Erickson
Bror Erickson
10/30/19

Halloween and Christian Freedom

We have the freedom to joyfully participate in neighborhood fun with the love of our neighbor in mind.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
10/28/19

On Freedom in Christ and the Parable of the Forgiving Father

Like the younger son, we can return to our Father every time our sinful hearts rebel against him. Like the older brother, we can complain and lament to our Father without fear of being destroyed.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/24/19

Meeting God in the Delivery Room

Our very lives as parents and children implicitly proclaim this higher and lovely truth: we have no value to God based upon our usefulness.
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
10/23/19

The Gospel of the Unabomber

It is incumbent upon the faithful preacher, looking to see sinners transformed into the image of Christ, to preach a naked gospel.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
10/15/19

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God (and That’s Not Enough) 

God daily broadsides us with his abundant power and glory as we observe nature around us. And yet, as glorious as this book of nature is, it is not enough.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/13/19

Salvation by Microsoft

Are people so different today? Is justification really irrelevant now? Is the preacher’s only point of contact with the life-giving Gospel a by-product of Microsoft’s word processor? I do not think so.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
10/11/19

Q&A for "Where Two or Three Are Gathered"

Friends are a gift from God, but all gifts flow from God to his children because of his love for us on account of Christ.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
10/04/19

Friendship and the Apologetics of Imagination

The following is an excerpt from“Where Two or Three Are Gathered” edited by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2019).
Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas
10/02/19

Knock! Knock! Who's There?

For a long time, well-intentioned pastors and college evangelists have applied Jesus’ words from Revelation 3:20 to the unconverted.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
10/01/19

Mercy for My Neighbor

We want to be kind, gentle, and cheerful to others, but we’ve got to protect ourselves from getting hurt.
Wade Johnston
Wade Johnston
09/27/19

Q&A with Wade Johnston for "Let the Bird Fly"

The optimism of a Christian extends beyond the deathbed and has its origin in a historical event without historical boundaries.
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