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.

All Articles

John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
12/14/22

Finding the Catholic Luther: A Review of Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith by Todd Hains

Hains offers a novel yet simple contention: Luther is most catholic where he is boldest.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/23/22

Epistle: Romans 3:19-28 (Reformation Sunday: Series C)

The phrase “works of the law” has an antithesis when it comes to righteousness—faith. What keeping the Law could not do, the gift of faith does.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
10/13/22

A Very Brief Introduction to Logos Theology

Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
10/06/22

How God Uses Art to Preach His Word

In the Reformation, as in the tabernacle, God gave skill, artistry, and craftsmanship to put his Word in images so that through art, his Word would be revealed.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
10/03/22

Stoicism Is Good, But It Isn't the Gospel

Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
Rick Ritchie
Rick Ritchie
09/22/22

Luther's German Bible

The German Bible made Sola Scriptura a reality for all believers.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
09/21/22

Luther's September Testament

Luther's September Testament not only shaped the reformers’ theology but also was as big an influence on the German language as Shakespeare was for English.
Gerhard Forde
Gerhard Forde
08/25/22

Sermon on Luke 11:24–26

Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.
Ken Sundet Jones
Ken Sundet Jones
08/17/22

Lucas Cranach: Artist, Proclaimer, and Friend

Cranach became the evangelical interpreter for the masses
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
08/10/22

A Scriptural Reflection of Luther’s Small Catechism

Take heart: God is near and he is here for you.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
07/25/22

Church Fathers: St. Irenaeus of Lyon, Champion of the Incarnation

You will not be disappointed in this Champion of the Incarnation.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
07/19/22

Miniature Death

The spirit indeed is willing and desires bodily death as a gentle sleep. It does not consider it to be death; it knows no such thing as death.
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