A blog of the Evangelical Lutheran Liturgy
The essay provide a bibliography that supports and shows why screens are robbing or have already largely destroyed our ability to read deeply, how ancient allegory has not been understand correctly among modern Lutherans, and why the Law/Gospel paradigm for preaching is, by itself, insufficient.
Read MoreThe Chronicles of Narnia is a well-known and beloved fantasy series by the Christian thinker and writer, C.S. Lewis. And in that series, The Magician’s Nephew tells the creation story for the magical land of Narnia, as it was created by the God and Christ-figure of that world: the Lion, Aslan. It’s told from the perspective of a young boy named Digory from our world who stumbled into Narnia at its very beginning.
Read MoreA review of the distinctive powers and purposes of church and state is essential as the pandemic of wokeness accelerates.
Read MoreA story of a down syndrome child’s silent confession of the Sacrament of the Altar and a critique of the arguments and culture for delaying first communion to 8th grade.
Read MoreFrom time to time, Lutherans mock other Lutherans for being overly careful regarding dealing with consecrated elements so as to avoid their profanation.
Read More“In my opinion there is considerable merit in adding also ordination…”
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreI ran across an interesting website: https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/.
It is actually a database of all Roman Catholic bishops, past and present, with their histories.
Read MoreWhen I was a first-year seminarian, one of our professors told us that we had to become comfortable in our own skin.
Read MoreThis homily was preached at the CLTS Eucharist for Wednesday in the Week of Misericordias Domini by Associate Professor the Revd Dr Harold Ristau
Read More“People don't have to be taught how to listen to the sermon. Preachers have to be taught how to preach sermons that people want to listen to. The onus is on the Shepherd, not the sheep.”
~ Recent commenter on Gottesblog
Jesus: Come here, Thomas. Put out your finger and feel my hands. Reach out your hand and thrust it into my side. And doubt no longer, but believe.
Read MoreAs the Church becomes increasingly marginalized and under attack - particularly church bodies that accept Scripture as inspired, infallible, and normative - Christians are going to be pressed harder and harder by strident forces of political correctness…
Read MoreThe above meme was posted by a Facebook group called “The Christian Left.” An interesting discussion followed…
Read MoreWhen Petersen and I sat down to record his thoughts on fostering a preaching renewal in the pulpits of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, it immediately became clear that this was a project that was going to be done by real pastors in their studies, pastors who are committed to perhaps the most central task of the pastor.
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