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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Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/06/19

Jesus Comes to Claim All of Us

Jesus isn't just "the reason for the season." He's the reason we don't have to cross off "spiritually bankrupt," "mentally compromised," and "physically vulnerable" from our Christmas list.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
12/05/19

The Good News That We're Not Good Enough

Our actions, moral choices, appearance, definitions of family and friendship are all defined by how we see ourselves in relation to the question, "Am I good enough?"
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/04/19

Does Christmas Pass the “Smell Test” for Paganism?

There is no evidence whatsoever that Christmas was or is, by some outlandish stretch of the imagination, a pagan holiday, or a semi-pagan holiday, or that it doesn’t pass the “smell test” for paganism.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
12/04/19

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Despite its familiarity and frequent usage, the imagery in "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," is often underappreciated.
Philip Bartelt
Philip Bartelt
12/03/19

The Promises of Advent: Born of a Virgin

God does not combat the impending armies of Satan with might and power, but with the weakness of a babe.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
12/03/19

The Promises of Advent: Will Conquer Satan

The Son of Eve disarmed Satan’s hold on humanity, not with an earthquake, atomic bomb, or brilliant essay, but with his dead body and final words, “It is finished.”
John T. Pless
John T. Pless
12/02/19

Advent Midweek Sermon 2: The Second Article of the Apostles' Creed

Under the lordship of the crucified and risen Emmanuel, our existence is one of blessedness. Blessedness means we are not under the condemnation of the Law, but the benediction of God’s favor here in time and, hereafter, in eternity.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/28/19

Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart... How Hard Can It Be?

Thanksgiving is a day set aside for tragi-comic sinners to come together and give thanks for the deliciousness of God's grace in the good news of Jesus Christ.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/28/19

Thanksgiving with Capon

We long for the Great Thanksgiving that hasn’t happened yet.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/28/19

A Hebrew Twist on Thanksgiving

Any day of thanksgiving is a confessional day—a day of expressing a short creed that sums up our entire existence: God gives, we receive. Thanksgiving as a day of confession becomes very obvious when we look at it from a Hebrew perspective.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
11/27/19

Give Us This Day Our Daily Thanksgiving

To pray that God’s name is hallowed among us is to pray for the continual proclamation of the gospel in truth and purity that we would hear the word about Christ crucified for sinners.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
11/26/19

We All Sink Like Peter

We are still so much closer to Peter in our flaws than his virtues, and Christ is still our rescue.
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