The IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.
07/15/25
Chapter 3 of Habakkuk, which is often referred to as “the Psalm of Habakkuk,” is a song of catharsis, relief, faith, and profound emotion.
07/14/25
God doesn’t just simply give you all the things. He does so because his very own Son came down and earned all the things for you.
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06/25/16
The time constrained authoring of the Augustana caused great angst, for the part of Melanchthon that was never satisfied with his own literary output.
06/14/16
Like any language, the liturgy has syntax—a structure that provides order and intelligibly communicates meaning through all that is said.
01/12/16
All other subjects—even Biblical subjects—were subservient to an accurate view of the Person and work of Jesus Christ for sinners.
12/13/15
What every heresy does, in one way or another, is ungods God, unchristens Christ, uncrucifies the Crucified. It strikes through the good of Good News.
10/15/15
Nevertheless, we believe, teach, and confess that this unlikely King advents weekly to meet with His people in the Divine Service through His Word and Sacraments.
10/10/15
This was one of the most haunting and soul tormenting verses in the Bible for me when I was growing up.
10/06/15
(This article first appeared in Modern Reformation and is posted here with permission.)
09/01/15
Nonetheless, if we wish to treat apologetics as a practical endeavor for concrete engagement with people who ask about Christianity, it seems best to start with the questions young people are actually asking.
05/14/15
In reality, Easter equals good news for you. And our world needs some good news. Maybe we’re not even sure what’s wrong, but we know this world is broken.
04/02/15
Instead of answering this question theoretically, perhaps it will be easier to illustrate the problem of understanding God through our human speculation by considering the legend of St. George and the Dragon.
02/02/15
Jesus tells the story of a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho who falls into the hands of robbers. The text reads, “They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.”
01/17/15
The task—the joyful task!—of the interpreter is to go around the house, trying various keys in various doors, until they are all opened. This is one way to picture our reading of the Bible.
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