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.
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Getting Over your Pride

Pride builds identities that leave no room for grace.
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Heather Schulz
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Blessed Beggars

We can willingly admit the fact that we're just like tax collectors and thieves.

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“Rembrandt goes so deep into the mysterious that he says things for which there are no words in any language.”
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Luther and the Leipzig Debate

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A change during a time of crisis is nothing new; it's an experience we can see throughout history.
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Unimagined Freedom and Forgiveness in Hamilton

In the quiet of your own uptown, where your own sins bear down on you and create a troubled conscience before the world, before others, and before God, your Lord reaches across the chasm of brokenness to take your hand.
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A Q&A with Scott Ashmon on "Who Am I? Exploring Your Identity through Your Vocations"

“Who Am I?” edited by Scott Ashmon (1517 Publishing, 2020) is now available for purchase.
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What the Radical Reformation Can Teach Us About Assurance

By basing our assurance on the promises of God, which we not only hope for in the future but live in now, the Christian can finally rest in the comfort that they are both saved and not responsible for their own salvation.
Robert Kolb
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Twenty-first century North American believers face challenges unique in the history of God’s people, for we have an abundance of the material gifts of God unparalleled in human history.
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We have seen a vision better than an angel. We have seen God on the cross. A God who is willing to suffer for us.
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Edward John Carnell: Defender of the Faith

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