Lutherans, Come Home

The Roman Catholic Church knows what people are looking for. And we Lutherans have it. At least, some of us do.

Larry BeaneApril 17, 2026Comment

The idea behind ceremonies is that they speak for themselves. Or, as our Confessions put it, their purpose is to teach the people about Christ.

Heath CurtisApril 16, 2026Comment

A Tale of Two Worship Videos

Liturgical worship developed organically in response to the miracle of our Lord’s Presence with us in Word and Sacrament. It is no accident that every ancient pre-Reformation church tradition was, and is, liturgical.

Larry BeaneApril 15, 2026 Comments

Who are the Real Nominalists? Is it Baked into Wittenberg or Rome?

In these last days, as the influence of Christendom wanes and fades in the Western world, we often might breathe a sigh of relief when a relative, for example, chooses to marry any Christian, including a Roman Catholic.

Guest AuthorApril 14, 2026Comment

Luther and the "Popular" gospel

The excerpt below is from Luther’s 1531 Galatians commentary.

John BussmanApril 13, 2026Comment

A Lesson in Essays and Dandelions

Here is an excellent essay on dandelions. It is only a few paragraphs but invites the reader to see creation through new eyes while also citing some interesting facts and research

David PetersenApril 11, 2026Writing, Homiletics, Preaching Comments

Throwback Thursday: Wrestling with the Saints

In a discussion about praying to the dead, a Roman Catholic FB friend was critical of a Protestant FB friend. They went back and forth while I scooped popcorn into my mouth and enjoyed the show. Full contact theology is way more entertaining than MMA fights that inevitably become grappling on the floor, and you don’t have to pay for cable. Real theological debate is more lively, like the old Big Time Wrestling that my cousins and I used to watch on Saturday mornings.

Larry BeaneApril 9, 2026 Comments

The Comma Must Stay

Unite Leadership Collective rebutted my previous claims with a bold insistence on the removal of the fractious comma at Ephesians 4:12. They’re wrong.

Burnell EckardtApril 8, 2026 Comments

Did You Get That?

Dr. Weinrich is our speaker this year. Register now!

Burnell EckardtApril 7, 2026 Comments

Liturgical Exegesis, or How the Liturgy Teaches Us to Read Holy Scripture - Lauds in the Easter Octave

“Beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.”

On this Easter Monday, as we hear the account of the road to Emmaus in Luke 24, in which Our Lord lays out for his apostles the “things concerning himself” in the Old Testament, some of the antiphons at Lauds seem especially striking. The five psalm antiphons at Lauds, on a normal weekday, typically are an excerpted line or two from the psalm or Old Testament canticle in question. So, for example, on a typical Monday throughout the year, the psalms and antiphons at Lauds would look like this

Stefan GramenzApril 6, 2026Comment

A Devotion for the Monday After Easter

The author of Hebrews explains the “regulations for worship” in the “first covenant.” He makes reference to the tabernacle that God commanded the Israelites to build (Ex 26-31). It was a place of beauty, with the Most Holy Place being where the Presence of God dwelt. It was a place unlike anything else on earth: precious metals, beautiful fabric, the “bread of the Presence,” vested priests, and incense.

Larry BeaneApril 6, 2026 Comment

Easter Sunrise

Tell us, O all ye witnesses of the resurrection, how you had lost all hope, but then he came to you and revived you, and you began to believe the unbelievable; you started to hope the unimaginable; you dared to trust the impossible, that Christ who was dead had—could it be?—actually risen from the dead, as he had said he would. For our hearts burn within us this day.

Burnell EckardtApril 5, 2026Comment