Book Review: Suffering, Not Power: Atonement in the Middle Ages
NOTE: This book review is derived from “Commentary on Benjamin Wheaton’s Suffering, Not Power: Atonement in the Middle Ages,” by T. R. Halvorson,…
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Christian Publishing and Romans 16:17
Introduction Is there ever a cause sufficient to avoid, turn away from, dissociate from, or shun someone? Is there anyone whom we should…
When Doctrinal Review Misses a Question
Note: This essay may be downloaded as a PDF here. Sometimes doctrinal review is like what happens frequently in court. A man driving…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Liturgy: Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
NOTE: This article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Therefore a Christian must cling simply to this verse and let no one…
New Books by one of our authors…
Mr. Tom (TR) Halvorson has been busy at work for the good of Lutherans all over. He has produced a couple of volumes…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Liturgy: Invocation
NOTE: This article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Outline Introduction Specialness of the Name Sign of the Cross Significance of the…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Liturgy: Worship in General
NOTE: This essay may be downloaded in a PDF here. Introduction Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of the mighty work that…
Atonement in Our Circles and Church
Note: This article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Lutheran Hymns
Note: The full article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Abstract Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of the mighty work…
Faith-Eroding Errors of Two Popular Theologies
Presented below is the Introduction from this essay. The whole essay may be downloaded as a PDF file here. Introduction Three Theologies This…
Vicarious Satisfaction in the Lutheran Confessions
Summary A prior article (“What Are You Taught About Redemption?“) briefly sketched the orthodox Christian doctrine of Christ’s redemption by vicarious satisfaction; heretical…
Nice Guys Ruin the Consolation of Christ’s Blood
In Scripture and the Lutheran confessions, Christ works the atonement in his life of active obedience (Matthew 3:15), his passive obedience of humbling…
What Are You Taught About Redemption?
Summary This article briefly sketches the orthodox Christian doctrine of Christ’s redemption by vicarious satisfaction; briefly sketches heretical denial of vicarious satisfaction by…
Reconciliation and Justification by Theodore Dierks: Review
Outline Citation Evaluation The Atonement in Lutheran Theology Plan of the Book The Problem Teaching of Christ and the Apostles Teaching of the…
Review of Eckardt’s Anselm and Luther on the Atonement: Was It “Necessary”?
by T. R. Halvorson Note: This article may be downloaded as a PDF file. Outline Citation Explanation of Review and Commentary Preview of Substance…
Safely Betting the Farm: Recommendation of Jack Kilcrease’s Book on the Atonement
In this book (Jack D. Kilcrease, The Doctrine of the Atonement from Luther to Forde (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, 2018), Dr. Kilcrease…
Free Book about Loss of the Gospel in The Shack
A new book offers a new kind of critique of the novel and movie, The Shack. My articles here on Brothers of John the Steadfast…
The Shack – A Journey from Pain to Truth to Error – Part 4: A Lutheran Critique
Editor’s Note: To understand what is meant by “Trinitarian Theology” in this post, please see Part 2. Having traced the journey of Wm. Paul…
The Shack – A Journey from Pain to Truth to Error – Part 3: Truth to Error
In Part 1 of this series of articles we saw that The Shack and its theology arise from two pressures experienced by its…
The Cracked Foundation of Forde’s Radical Lutheranism
Gerhard Forde says, “Sanctification, if it is to be spoken of as something other than justification, is perhaps best defined as the art…
The Gospel According to Elsa
Jesus never said, “Let go and let God”, He said, “Repent and believe in the Gospel.” There’s a big difference. Both “let go…
Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
In the movie, Saving Private Ryan, Private Reiben asks, “Where’s the sense of riskin’ the lives of the eight of us to save…
One Big Wrong Makes Us Right
As lousy moments go, it was one of the lousiest. It was during a visit to Stordahl Lutheran Cemetery. Not much there. The…
One Word in Absolute Darkness
With the Bakken oil boom, it seldom is dark anymore at our farm. There is usually some light from gas flares. It’s not…
Life Support, Agony, and the Fullness of Redemption
[No. 5 of 5 Lenten meditations on Jesus in Gethsemane] Second Adam Dying in a Second Garden Jesus said, “My soul is exceedingly…