Luke Kjolhaug

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Luke Kjolhaug

Luke Kjolhaug is the current pastor of Elim Lutheran Church in Osakis, MN. He is a husband, father, and mediocre basketball player. He also impersonates a theologian from time to time. Luke holds undergraduate degrees from Wheaton College and the University of Minnesota, and earned his MDiv. from Lutheran Brethren Seminary (Fergus Falls, MN). You can find him on YouTube at Foxhole Theology, where he is a founder and contributor.

A Toast to the End of Ourselves

01/02/23

12 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
1 John 5:1-4: Faith, Love, & the Family of God

10/21/22

11 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
1 John 2:1-11: Lovers and Liars

08/19/22

17 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

Walking in the light doesn't entail a spotless moral record but rather an honest appraisal of who we are.
In Praise of Gifts

07/05/22

12 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

With every bone in our bodies, we declare war on grace. We declare war on the gift.
God's Not Impressed By Your Word Count

06/23/22

12 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

Because of Jesus, God always hears our prayers, and he always responds to them in love–regardless of the quality or quantity of the one speaking them.
Victims & Villains

02/03/22

12 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

The world we inhabit is wrong in so many ways, and a holistic approach to this “wrongness” traces its cause both to sin itself and to the effects of sin.
The Light is Coming

12/25/21

15 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

God’s candle is not so easily extinguished. His promise is not some vague light at the end of the tunnel that we may or may not reach. In fact, God’s light has a name: Jesus Christ.
- Christmas
- Hope
- Holy Spirit
- Sin
- Church Seasons
Who Stole the Magic?

11/08/21

11 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

Without the sacraments, God’s grace is simply an artifact behind a glass-case in a museum. We might be able to describe and even admire it, but we never get firsthand access to it.
The Gospel According to Corduroy

07/14/21

9 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

God’s love is axiomatic; it just is. It’s a truism without a logical explanation.
Freedom From Parsing

06/11/21

11 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

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.
My Bookshelf Is Bigger Than Yours

03/29/21

11 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

All of my theological endeavoring will not squeeze one more ounce of grace from God.
A Different Kind of Word

02/13/21

10 mins

Luke Kjolhaug

Since the law is our mother-tongue, we naturally assume it’s the only language that exists; this ceaseless, damning voice reminding us that we are not all that we should be.

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