Thursday Theology: Werner Elert on Biblical Authority and Hermeneutics
November 21, 2024 Co-missioners, Our editor having spent last week more or less underwater, we favor you today with another reprint. Emphasis, by the way, on the... Read more.
Thursday Theology: The Crossings-Seminex Connection
Co-missioners, Today’s post is largely a reprint of an item buried in the corner of our Crossings website where old newsletters get lodged. The date on this one... Read more.
Pressing Reminders from Ed Schroeder (Part 1)
Co-missioners, Suddenly we find ourselves in the final weeks of the current church year. A new one launches at the end of this month. The texts we hear in church... Read more.
The ‘Peace-and-Justice’ Mantra. (An Ed Schroeder Rerun, Part 2)
Co-missioners,
“Dust you are; to dust you shall return.” God saw fit to remind us of this in yesterday’s Ash Wednesday liturgy. As you read today’s continuation... Read more.
The ‘Peace-and-Justice’ Mantra. (An Ed Schroeder Rerun, Part 1)
Co-missioners,
Lent is less than a week away. With that in mind we send you some homework for a Lenten assignment. It’s a rerun in two parts—half this week,... Read more.
Replaying A Swan Song
Co-missioners,
Atop the sounding board of the imposing pulpit in Cape Town’s Strand Street Lutheran Church—the oldest church building in South Africa—there... Read more.
Two Covenants, not One. A Book Review
Colleagues, If you wonder why the pace of these posts is being suddenly stepped up, it’s because there’s suddenly a heap of material to pass along. Expect to... Read more.
The Oldest Document in the Werner Elert Archives–A Sermon from 100 Years Ago.
Colleagues: A fortnight ago I received a thick envelope from Germany with this message inside: “Enclosed is a photocopy of the oldest manuscript found among... Read more.
Stephen C. Krueger In Memoriam
Colleagues, I flew to Tampa last Friday for Steve Krueger’s memorial service Saturday morning, January 9. His wife Wendy had asked me to take part in the service.... Read more.
The Future of Lutheranism In a Global Context
Colleagues, That topic is the title of the book review I’ve just done for MISSIOLOGY, the journal of the American Society of Missiology. The review editor... Read more.
