Anti-Christian Nationalism Success Worldwide

There have been some recent positive developments for the advocates of anti-Christian Nationalism.

Larry BeaneApril 1, 2026Comment

A Statement of the Israeli Evangelical Lutheran Church on the Celebration of the Passover Seder

Today the feast of Passover (פסח) is celebrated in almost every Jewish home in Israel. According to Shmuel Rosner in his book Israeli Judaism: A Cultural Revolution, about 60% of Israelis read the entire Haggadah at the Passover Seder. This means that most people in Israel, from secular or atheist to ultra-Orthodox, take part in the Seder in one way or another. For this reason, the question of the Passover Seder, and of the other feasts that shape the rhythm of life in Israel, cannot be ignored by us as Israeli Jewish Christians.

Guest AuthorApril 1, 2026Comment

The Piper's Calling You to Join Him

This is the sermon hymn from a 2022 Easter service:

Larry BeaneMarch 31, 2026 Comments

An ordained man's prayer in Passiontide as found in Kurt Reinhardt, My Life and My Salvation 2nd ed, p. 19

John StephensonMarch 28, 2026Comment

Language Matters

This short popped up in my feed, and I think it is illustrative of why we are so divided in the LCMS. It’s part of a longer Unite Leadership Collective podcast (below) that demonstrates that our problem is one of language. We use the same words, but we are not using the words in the same way.

Larry BeaneMarch 23, 2026 Comments

Another one straight out of the ballpark, my dear brother Tom!

John StephensonMarch 21, 2026 Comment

Banality: An Enemy of the Gospel

An application of John-Mark Miravelle’s book on beauty toward Lutheran homiletics.

Out of the Barn!

The Easter issue is en route!

Burnell EckardtMarch 18, 2026Comment

Fr. Mullon Said, "No!"

Fr. Mullon was known for his staunch defense of the church against the encroachments of government. In fact, the bells that ring out daily from the church’s belfry on Camp Street do so to this day because Fr. Mullon said, “No!”

Larry BeaneMarch 17, 2026Comment

A Gospel Centered Response?

In this video, the Rev. Drs. Tim Ahlman and Jeffrey Kloha respond to the Rev. Karl Hess’s 2025 Bugenhagen Conference presentation called “The American Interim.”

Larry BeaneMarch 16, 2026 Comments

An Oculi Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Karl Fabrizius

It was a delight to host the Rev. Dr. Karl Fabrizius and his wife Darcy at Salem Lutheran Church in Gretna, Louisiana last weekend! We thoroughly enjoyed showing them the sights of New Orleans and Gretna, ate good food, drank good drink, and even participated in a parade. Best of all was sharing in the Holy Supper at the Divine Service in which Fr. Karl preached.

Larry BeaneMarch 15, 2026Comment

Real Pastors and Real Pastoral Care

We are being bombarded by pastors of big, wealthy, suburban congregations who mistake their material and numerical success for some kind of program for the rest of us to follow, like a turn-key franchise model. And they insist on a political program of disenfranchising smaller congregations…

Larry BeaneMarch 13, 2026 Comments

How Are Lutheran Pastors Formed?

Jesus called the first apostles by means of a three-year intensive, immersive, residential formation. Many of these men were second career students, such as Andrew, Peter, James and John who left their fishing businesses. Our Lord said, “Follow Me,” and they did. They did not look back from the plow, or seek out a shorter, more convenient and easier path into the ministry.

Larry BeaneMarch 12, 2026 Comments

We Have Got to Talk About Usury (Part XX): Where We Go From Here

We have now reached the conclusion of a long and sustained inquiry; nine months of research and many tens of thousands of words devoted to a single controversial question. Over the course of our series, we have traced the history of the church’s teaching on this topic and have seen that, for the greater part of that history, her judgment regarding usury was neither tentative nor obscure, but clear and consistent.

So the questions that remain are altogether practical: What are we to do with these findings? How should they be applied? And what conclusions follow for contemporary economic life?

Stefan GramenzMarch 10, 2026 Comments