Review — Lutheran Service Book: Companion to the Hymns
Note: The following review is by Cory Westby, whose bio appears below the review. I have anxiously awaited the release of this hymnal…
Note: The following review is by Cory Westby, whose bio appears below the review. I have anxiously awaited the release of this hymnal…
Introduction In Part 1, we introduced a set of sermons by Martin Luther that answer many common questions about Baptism that are both…
Barrick, William D., “Exegetical Fallacies: Common Mistakes Every Student of the Bible Must Avoid.” (article, 12 pp.) (PDF, and online edition is here)….
UPDATE NOTE: Thanks to Eric Obermeyer for contributing links to online editions that we have added since the original publication of this bibliography….
Introduction This article provides a thumbnail sketch of what Kenneth Minogue calls the “pure theory” of ideology and applies it to destructive ideological…
Introduction You hear questions about Baptism. You have your own questions. Many of these questions are common and are asked repeatedly. Many…
Buchanan, Colin, A Case for Infant Baptism, rev. ed. (Cambridge: Grove Books Limited, 1984). Chemnitz, Martin, “Original Sin” in The Doctrine of Man…
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod holds a synod-wide convention every three years. The convention receives reports, elects leaders, votes on proposed resolutions,…
Lay Lutherans and personal evangelism have a strained relationship. First, we are tempted to think that only pastors should witness for Christ. If…
Do I need church? Do you need church? Some say they are Christians, but don’t need the church. They worship at home or…
In this book (Jack D. Kilcrease, The Doctrine of the Atonement from Luther to Forde (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2018), Dr. Kilcrease…
[Photo of Sahar Sadlovsky Gold and child used by permission of Sahar Sadlovsky Gold. Thank you!] The child is with her father….
A voting delegate to a synodical convention has a duty to vote well. To vote well, one needs to study and understand the…
For many Christians, repentance is a confusing topic and a frustrating experience. Let’s take a look at: the secular background of the word…
When I was a child, we already had the Small Catechism memorized before we entered confirmation instruction. We recited portions in Sunday School…
Foreword from A Year of Law & Gospel Preaching: Postil of Sermons on the One-Year Lectionary by Rev. Rolf Preus Being called to…
The presiding bishop of a Lutheran body said during an interview by reporter Robert Herguth during his podcast “Faith to Face” that there…
At the time of Luther, the practice of the Sacrament of the Altar by papists inflicted many abuses upon the laity. These included…
A vogue phrase today is, “to die for.” “This chocolate is to die for.” “That dress is to die for.” A lifestyle clothing…
Here is something that is not to be done: stepping on the train of a king’s robe. With that in mind, recall what…
Faith does not spring from nature, nor from our own reason, strength, or will. The Holy Spirit creates faith by the Word and…
The character of Lutheran worship is a rich tapestry of traits. It is like the catechism: it can be learned by a child,…
A mindless repetition. That is what critics of creeds say about reciting the Creed. Opponents of liturgy call it a vain repetition. Of…
Leviticus was used widely in the early church and later to preach the Gospel. The modern church generally ignores Leviticus.[1] Leviticus is a…
Jesus lived a perfect human life. We know that. But it is easy to miss some of his practices. It might sound strange,…