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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Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
09/21/21

The Bible and How to Read It. Part 2: How Do I Read It?

God’s word is creative in both the imaginative sense and the constructive sense. It brings things into existence and displays new ideas, images, and concepts we did not previously perceive.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
09/20/21

The Grace of Falling Up the Stairs

The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man.
Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
09/17/21

Singing through the Book of Common Prayer: A Review of Liturgical Folk's "Matins and Vespers"

In a time of unknown, the Flanigans found comfort in the words of the prayer book and made them truly their own.
Caleb Keith
Caleb Keith
09/11/21

God's Response to Evil: Remembering 9/11

When sin comes out of the shadows and makes itself known, Christians can rest in and declare Christ's resurrection.
Sarah Crowder
Sarah Crowder
09/02/21

Eve: A Most Holy Woman, Full of Faith and Love

Today, we begin a short series profiling women in the Bible (Who are not named Ruth or Esther). Both the stories of Ruth and Esther are beautiful, gracious, and profound. We love reading and rereading them. However, in an attempt to bring attention to more stories of more women throughout the Scriptures, we choose now to shift our focus. Our first woman, is, the first woman herself: Eve.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
08/19/21

Can Body Positivity Overcome Our Bodies of Death?

As the body positivity movement has gained traction, we must also be aware of some of its pitfalls
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
08/11/21

Gentle and Lowly: A Reflection on the Love that Will Not Let Us Go

For sinners who cannot seem to get out of their own way, Dane brings to bear the gospel of Christ’s heart, which aerates one’s spiritual lungs with undiluted grace.
Uwe Siemon-Netto
Uwe Siemon-Netto
07/23/21

Urchin at War: Introduction

This is an excerpt from the introduction of “Urchin at War: Volume 1” by Uwe Siemon-Netto (1517 Publishing, 2021).
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
07/21/21

A Lamp in a Dark World

Through the often abominable and lamentable and occasional commendable season, there is one who remains unmoved by it all.
Zack James Cole
Zack James Cole
07/02/21

The Chosen: A Review

Jesus did not come because we had our act together. He came because we couldn’t get our act together.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
06/15/21

The Christian Men of Jane Eyre

It is not her sacrifices that define Jane's faith, but her belief in the one who sacrificed for her.
Luke Kjolhaug
Luke Kjolhaug
06/11/21

Freedom From Parsing

Only when we’re ready to accept the impossibility of human perfection can we move beyond the paralyzing myth that we are capable of anything good apart from Christ.
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