TOPIC INDEXMinistry of the Church (25)

  1. On the Weekly Road to Emmaus

    book
    07/09/18
    9 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    It can be argued that this scene sets a pattern for Christian activity on the first day of the week from that time until the present.

  2. Woe is Me: A Different Kind of Spiritual Experience

    book
    05/25/18
    10 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    That’s where a true encounter with God leaves you. Unable to point the finger at anyone else, all you can do is fall on your face, confess your sin, be absolved, and join the angels in singing, “Holy, holy, holy.”

  3. Let the Little Children Come to Me: A Sanctuary for Children

    book
    02/01/18
    15 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    “In a culture that promotes self-interest, children in church learn that something much bigger and more important than themselves is going on in their midst."

  4. Baptized with Fire?

    book
    01/05/18
    10 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    Instead of burning them up with unquenchable fire, He comes in solidarity, to be God with us and God for us. Jesus is baptized into our life, so that He could gift us His life.

  5. Between Rome and the Fanatics

    book
    11/01/17
    7 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    Luther accepted Augustine’s view of the church as a mixed body.

  6. A Reformation Question: Can the Finite Bear the Infinite?

    book
    09/08/17
    9 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    This emphasis in Luther also applied to his understanding of the sacraments, and particularly comes out in his writings on the Lord’s Supper in his Large Catechism.

  7. The Alien Fashion Sense of Jesus

    book
    11/16/16
    13 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    The redeemed are dressed in white robes.

  8. What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 6: Good News)

    book
    10/11/16
    9 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    Many Christians (including preachers) have succumbed to the idea that good preaching must be about practical living, and so most sermons are geared to scratch this pragmatic itch.

  9. What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 4: The Dialect of Worship)

    book
    07/07/16
    10 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    We are continuing our summer series on a theology of worship through the lens of language. Before moving forward, let me highlight a few points by way of review.

  10. What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 3: The Syntax of Worship)

    book
    06/14/16
    13 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    Like any language, the liturgy has syntax—a structure that provides order and intelligibly communicates meaning through all that is said.

  11. What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 2: The Dialogue)

    book
    05/19/16
    8 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    The chief verb of the liturgy is the gift of God’s forgiveness for the sake of Jesus Christ.

  12. What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 1: Basic Grammar)

    book
    04/29/16
    11 mins
    By Brian W. Thomas
    Over the next few months, I invite you to join me in looking at what the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions have to say about the subject of worship through the lens of language.
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