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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Scott Keith
Scott Keith
06/11/17

Meeting Melanchthon: Work, Work, Work

Beginning in 1519, Melanchthon began to develop his theology.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
06/07/17

Melanchthon’s Magnum Opus

The work in question was entitled the Loci Communes Theologici, or Common Topics of Theology.
Scott Davis
Scott Davis
05/31/17

Sin Spanx

Have you ever heard of Spanx? Although they’ve only been around since 2010, their predecessors have been around for centuries.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
05/31/17

Meeting Melanchthon: The Early Years

The two men, early colleagues and reluctant friends, would become a nearly unstoppable theological and Reformation team.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
05/26/17

Get Him To Christ

Every single child we raise has a completely unique perspective, personality, strength, and weakness.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
05/24/17

Sin Boldly?

The common knock against “grace people” (or to put it another way, “Christians”) is that preaching too much grace will encourage licentious living.
Jeff Mallinson
Jeff Mallinson
05/17/17

Why All The Fuss? The Difference between the Reformed and Lutherans on the Lord’s Supper

Even in our principled disagreements, we continue to pray for the unity of all, and invite the world to taste and see that the Lord is good.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
05/04/17

Hey Pastor, Your Church Is Not Healthy (goggles required)

Your church is not healthy. If they were healthy, they wouldn’t need someone to heal them.
Daniel Emery Price
Daniel Emery Price
05/03/17

The Wicked Way We Become More Like Jesus

I'm always surprised to hear people say, “If I could do it all again, I wouldn’t change a thing.” But we’re all sinners and we all sin every day.
Bob Hiller
Bob Hiller
05/02/17

Can I Be a Sinner in Your Church?

You can talk to me about how Jesus is really forgiving and how you want me around, but what happens when things don’t change in a month?
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
04/30/17

I Would Never Do That: Facing the Lie We Tell Ourselves

We pray for God to deliver us from ourselves. To forgive us, for Jesus’s sake, when we do evil.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
04/27/17

What’s Wrong with Women’s Bible Studies?

Week after week, I read through this women’s Bible study for the sake of my friends.
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