Putting on the Neighbor
Since Jesus has done everything we need for salvation, we can focus our works and efforts on serving our neighbor.
Contributors
Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller received his M.A. in Church history and his Ph.D. in systematic theology from Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of Hanging by a Promise: The Hidden God in the Theology of Oswald Bayer, the first monograph on Bayer’s theology published in the U.S. Joshua teaches in the religion department at Augsburg University.
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Death in the Stream: Hemingway on How Far Natural Theology Takes Us
In his last novel, Islands in the Stream, Hemingway shows us what we get when we look to nature for ultimate truth: death.
Christian Hope
While faith forms the relationship with God and love the relationship with the neighbor, hope forms the Christian’s relationship with the future.
Thomas' Easter Story and Yours
We may hear the voice of Jesus through recordings and digital media, but the Jesus who walks through locked doors has no problem coming to us through technology.
Maundy Thursday: A New Promise Given
This is how the God of Abraham has become our God, too. This is how God has fulfilled His promise to Abraham and His promise to us: by breaking open His own body and shedding His own blood.
Behold the Handmaiden of the Lord: Mary as the Model Christian Disciple
Luke presents Mary to us as a model of Christian faith and discipleship. On this Festival of the Annunciation, I invite you to consider this view of the Virgin Mary for your own life of devotion and faith in Christ.
Martin Niemöller: Controversial Confessor
On this day in 1984, Lutheran pastor, Martin Niemöller, a leader in the anti-Nazi Confessing Church, died. He left behind a controversial legacy. How should we regard him today, thirty-six years after his death? Was he a hero? Was he a villain?
By Gracious Powers: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Prayer for a New Year
The real power of his hymn comes from the fact that Bonhoeffer does not offer a rosy picture of life or any of the tropes so typical of cheap piety that tell us that everything is always right, that things happen for a reason, and that we should try to stay positive.
Original Sin: What Does this Mean?
The danger of denying the truth of our common human fallenness and brokenness by original sin is that the denial of this doctrine may also lead us to the denial of Christ as our Savior.
Freedom from Food Piety
Our righteousness and the righteousness of our neighbor have nothing to do with what we eat or do not eat.
Preaching Saints: On the Communion of Saints and Being Kept in the Faith
While the Holy Spirit does work within us, He always comes to us from the outside, through the external Word and Sacraments.