Last month we talked about how the groundwork was being laid for the Article “on which the Church stands or...

So far we’ve skated over the surface of the first two Articles of the Augburg Confession – and we will...

Article II:  Original Sin This is a complicate one. When the opponents of the Augsburg Confession responded to what was...

“On Saturday, June 25, 1530, at three o’clock in the afternoon, Dr. Christian Beyer stood, walked toward the Emperor of...

In July I promised to begin our time in the Book of Concord with the Augsburg Confession. Before digging into...

I’ve been placing this “Being Lutheran” series of articles in front of you for nearly a year now. These might...

There’s a lot of talk these days about spirituality. Go look at the “spirituality” section at the local bookstore (but...

During the season of Lent, and now during the season of Easter, we’ve been confessing the Nicene Creed each Sunday...

Back in the days prior to the Reformation, the church taught that some humans were in an essentially higher state...

I don’t remember where I read it, but at some place in my ramblings I’ve encountered the claim that one...