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.
Pride builds identities that leave no room for grace.
We can willingly admit the fact that we're just like tax collectors and thieves.

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The law does not end sin, does not make new beings, it only makes matters worse.
Jesus knows your name. Whether you’re a boy named Sue or a beggar named Lazarus, the God who named that forgotten man has not forgotten you.
We want to be kind, gentle, and cheerful to others, but we’ve got to protect ourselves from getting hurt.
Theology is not to simply adopt the positions and presuppositions of philosophy, nor should it reject philosophy.
The kingdom of Christ is realized where nothing but comfort and the forgiveness of sins reign not only in words to proclaim it, which is also necessary; but also in deed.
Whatever theoretical or conceptual ideas to which we surrender in despair, the Christian faith offers something wholly different. It offers a person.
Forgiveness, not love, can restore a relationship that’s top-heavy with negative emotions.
Squander. What a great word. It so perfectly captures the pitfalls of backsliding in all areas of life. It's the utter self-ruination of good things.
Every day, in everything we do and experience, we are busy hearing, seeing, and telling stories.
Perhaps the most poisonous venom to afflict the gospel is the notion of "balancing" grace.
What do we say when a Christian admits the church has driven them to atheism? And they don't mean ideologically.
On this Day Handel Begins Composing Messiah, and 5 Things We Can Learn From It