Thursday Theology postings author display

“From Three to Four, Not Before!”Alfred Gorvie
“Unity after Uvalde?” A Year-Old Sermon on John 17:20-26Alfred Gorvie
Ten “Promising” Words? An Interchange (Part 2)Alfred Gorvie
Ten “Promising” Words? An Interchange (Part 1)Alfred Gorvie
On Checking the Blind Spot (A Sermon)Alfred Gorvie
God’s Ten Promising Words (Part 2)Alfred Gorvie
God’s Ten Promising Words (Part 1)Alfred Gorvie
A Maundy Thursday MeditationAlfred Gorvie
Depth in the FaithAlfred Gorvie
Believing Into….Alfred Gorvie
Luther on the Sound of the Wind (John 3)Alfred Gorvie
Some Thoughts on Christian PreachingBethany
Glowing Jesus, Real SinAlfred Gorvie
Can I Get a Witness? Here I StandBethany
Law and Gospel in Spiritual CareCarin Gado
Cruciger’s Hymn Revisited, A Preaching Course, A BirthdayCarin Gado
The Net Made Flesh (A Not-To-Miss Rerun)Carin Gado
“Kill Me, Jesus!” Notes on a Hymn and the Woman who Wrote ItBethany
On Ministry and EpiphanyBethany
Some Christmas LeftoversCarin Gado
A Scholar’s UpdateCarin Gado
A Christmas Gift of Blessed Remembering (Daniel Erlander)Carin Gado
Announcing Edmund Schlink’s “Ecumenical Dogmatics”Carin Gado
A Review of David Bentley Hart’s Atheist DelusionsCarin Gado
The Continuing Witness of Richard R. Caemmerer, Sr.Carin Gado
God’s Call: Forgiveness, Freedom, and VocationCarin Gado
Pressing Reminders from Ed Schroeder (Part 2)Carin Gado
Pressing Reminders from Ed Schroeder (Part 1)Carin Gado
On Extracting Good News from a Thankless Text. An ExampleCarin Gado
Reflections on the ELCA’s 2022 Churchwide AssemblyCarin Gado
A Review of David Zahl’s Low AnthropologyCarin Gado
In Praise of ThanksCarin Gado
Extra Nos: An Ordination SermonCarin Gado
Reflections on the Queen’s FuneralBethany
On Performative UtterancesBethany
All Leadership Is Service, All Service Is LeadershipBethany
Will I Hear the Gospel this Fall?Bethany
From Finland: Gospel-driven Joy as a Mission StrategyBethany
On the Question of Salvation Outside the Church: Luther vs. Luther (Part 3 of 3)Bethany
On the Question of Salvation Outside the Church: Luther vs. Luther (Part 2 of 3)Bethany
On the Question of Salvation Outside the Church: Luther vs. Luther (Part 1 of 3)Bethany
What Preachers are ForBethany
The Neighborhood of Jesus (A Homily on Luke 10:25-37)Anna Ledbetter
How Bach Set the Gospel to Music (A Book Review)Anna Ledbetter
Jesus Pressing His Luck (A Layperson’s Sermon on John 17)Anna Ledbetter
Raising Christian Children in a Secular WorldAnna Ledbetter
A Time for American Repentance (Part 2)Anna Ledbetter
A Time for American Repentance (Part 1)Anna Ledbetter
The Ten Commandments as a Resource for Daily LifeAnna Ledbetter
Becoming Christ’s Body in the WorldAnna Ledbetter
A Review of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s Jesus and John WayneAnna Ledbetter
Luther’s Infamous “On the Jews.” An Assessment (Part 2)Bethany
Luther’s Infamous “On the Jews.” An Assessment (Part 1)Anna Ledbetter
As War Rages in Ukraine: Fresh Thoughts on Forgiveness, Peacemaking, LoveAnna Ledbetter
Law/Gospel and the Life of the MindAnna Ledbetter
“Reconciled—So Let’s Pray!” A Reflection on Luke 11:5-13Anna Ledbetter
Easter at Ground Level—A Meditation on BaptismAnna Ledbetter
The Good News of Jesus Our Judge (An Easter Sermon)Anna Ledbetter
Devotion to Jesus? Service to the Poor? An Interpretation of John 12:1-8Anna Ledbetter
Perilous Children: Notes from the Lutheran/Jewish/Evangelical FrontierAnna Ledbetter
A Review of Robert Jenson’s A Theology in OutlineAnna Ledbetter
Beware the Vultures! A Sermon on Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18Anna Ledbetter
Getting to Step Six (A Lenten Devotion)Bethany
The ‘Peace-and-Justice’ Mantra. (An Ed Schroeder Rerun, Part 2)Bethany
The ‘Peace-and-Justice’ Mantra. (An Ed Schroeder Rerun, Part 1)Bethany
How Can We Love?Bethany
Merciful AccompanimentAnna Ledbetter
Law, Gospel, and the Purple ChurchAnna Ledbetter
A Way to Pray the Lord’s PrayerAnna Ledbetter
The Lord’s Prayer Part 2Anna Ledbetter
The Lord’s PrayerKevin
Through Perils Unknown: Thoughts of a Seasoned Pastor in a New CallAnna Ledbetter
The Terrifying Promise of Love (A Response to Chris Neumann)Anna Ledbetter
Who Will Save the Neighborhood?Anna Ledbetter
“The Jesus Vaccine.” A Year-Old Christmas SermonAnna Ledbetter
Christ’s Two AdventsAnna Ledbetter
When the Ultimate Promise is TerrifyingAnna Ledbetter
Facing the Sin of RacismAnna Ledbetter
“What If?” as a Tool for Law/Gospel DiscernmentAnna Ledbetter
Replaying A Swan SongAnna Ledbetter
A Review of Richard Lischer’s The End of WordsAnna Ledbetter
Remembering Carl F. Schalk—Composer, Teacher, FriendBethany
Luke’s Gospel Through a Systematician’s LensKevin
Marriage and the Hard HeartKevin
Justification is Not the Gospel?Kevin
What the Pandemic is Teaching Me about ChurchKevin
Finding Gospel in Mark’s GospelKevin
Getting Sermons to StickKevin
From Prophecy to PromiseKevin
Lust, Trust, and Scrambled EggsKevin
Good News for the PrivilegedBethany
A New ChapterSarah Brooks
In the Throes of John 6Sarah Brooks
A Quick Thought, A Quick AnnouncementSarah Brooks
Christ and the Human Condition, 2021Sarah Brooks
A Parent’s Wedding-Day DilemmaSarah Brooks
Genuine FreedomSarah Brooks
Preaching the PrognosisSarah Brooks
Revisiting PatriotismSarah Brooks
Why is God “Jealous,” Etc.Sarah Brooks
On Making Decisions in Light of the GospelSarah Brooks
God Suffers?Sarah Brooks
The Sound of the Spirit: A Reflection on the TrinitySarah Brooks
Easter Leftovers 2021Sarah Brooks
On Being Saved and Bearing FruitSarah Brooks
Ed Schroeder on our Lord’s AscensionSarah Brooks
The Easter Life in Practice (An Example)Sarah Brooks
A New “Commandment”?Sarah Brooks
Better MedicineSarah Brooks
Why is the Gospel not Preached? A Note to a FriendSarah Brooks
How the Old Age Works (A Book Review)Sarah Brooks
The Good News in the “Short Ending” of Mark’s GospelSarah Brooks
Reading and Reflection for Holy WeekSarah Brooks
Addressing White Supremacy in the ChurchSarah Brooks
Caught to be CatchersSarah Brooks
God-Fearing, God-Praising: A Crossings-style DevotionSarah Brooks
Mission in the Gospel of MarkSarah Brooks
The Benefits of Christ for a Fractured America (Initial Thoughts)Sarah Brooks
In the Aftermath of the Riot: Four “I” Words and a Word of HopeSarah Brooks
Angela Denker’s “Red State Christians.” A ReviewSarah Brooks
A Sermon in the Wake of the Capitol RiotSarah Brooks
First Thoughts on the Sack of the CapitolSarah Brooks
On Repentance and New Year’s ResolutionsSarah Brooks
A Letter from Coronavirus PrisonSarah Brooks
The Great Gift ExchangeSarah Brooks
The Christmas VerdictSarah Brooks
What Heaven IsSarah Brooks
How I Finally Got AdventSarah Brooks
Mission is Essential!Sarah Brooks
A Timely Sermon on Religion and PoliticsSarah Brooks
The Real Surprise of Matthew 25Sarah Brooks
The Folk Religion of God Bless America, FROGBA RevisitedSarah Brooks
More from “The Lion and the Lamb”Sarah Brooks
Reformation-tide Spin on Law and Gospel (1)Kevin
Plain(s) Theology for a Pandemic ProblemKevin
Preach the Gospel! It’s What We Need!Kevin
Esau McCaulley’s Reading While Black. A ReviewKevin
Offensiveness: Today’s Gospel Imperative. Its Gift Too.Kevin
Antiracism as the Way of the CrossKevin
N.T. Wright’s “God and the Pandemic.” A ReviewKevin
Heavenly Places? That’s YouKevin
The Jesus MaskKevin
Ed Schroeder on ThankfulnessKevin
The Lord’s Prayer as a Prayer for MissionKevin
Mask or No Mask? Crossing Elisha and Dr. FauciKevin
Best Practices for the Post-Pandemic ChurchKevin
The Peril and Promise of Holy LoveKevin
Ed Schroeder on Faith and RiskKevin
Crossing Our American Moment through Psalm 13Kevin
Glimpses of Easter: The Eucharist as a Visual GiftKevin
Law or Gospel? A Follow-up to the Post of June 11Kevin
George Floyd as a Summons to Lutheran RepentanceKevin
Pentecost as God’s Answer to the Mess We are InKevin
How a Church Can Dare to Die–or LiveKevin
Ascended Indeed. Alleluia!Kevin
Covid-19 and the Judgment of GodKevin
On Earth As in HeavenKevin
“And There’s No Other God.” A Reprise for TodayKevin
Hope to CopeKevin
“No Going Back.” An Easter SermonKevin
Who’s On Trial Here?Kevin
Hope and Meaning as the Virus SwirlsKevin
Hope and Meaning as the Virus SwirlsKevin
Repentance and Faith for Pandemic DaysKevin
Believing is SeeingKevin
Promise vs. Panic: Using Christ When COVID-19 LurksKevin
Learning to BegKevin
Mixed Observations, All BriefKevin
A Valentine’s Gift for Gloomy LutheransKevin
Whose Trial?Kevin
The Homiletical Bind: Preaching Law and Gospel in the CongregationBethany
More Scraps on the Politics of EpiphanyKevin
The Politics of EpiphanyKevin
Mission in St. MatthewKevin
Chad Bird on the Baptism of JesusKevin
Sheep, Goats—and Gospel? A New Year’s HomilyKevin
A Thought for Christmas and a Conference InvitationKevin
The Original “Christmas Crossing”Kevin
“When God is Silent.” A SermonKevin
On the Thanks We Render TodayKevin
“How Can I ‘See’ Jesus?”Kevin
Christian Decline in America: The Pew ReportKevin
Gospel Agents as “Trackers”Kevin
Why Luther’s First Thesis Still MattersKevin
Talking Faithfully About JustificationKevin
A Dose of Bertram in Anticipation of Reformation SundayKevin
“Shut Up, Already!” Part TwoKevin
“Shut Up, Already!” Part OneKevin
“Why?”Kevin
“What Else Shall We Preach?” A HomilyKevin
A Labor Day ChallengeKevin
Two Wings of Effective MissionKevin
What Is God Doing?Kevin
The “Freedom” Struggle: Another Tussle with St. PaulKevin
To Give the Laity their Priestly Due: An Ongoing Lutheran ChallengeKevin
On Parenting in 2019: A Law-Gospel ReflectionKevin
Our Christian ShameKevin
Good News for Chronic SufferersKevin
“What I Learned from Ed Schroeder” (Part 2)Kevin
A Patriot’s PuzzleKevin
“What I Learned from Ed Schroeder”Kevin
The Elevating Promise of God-Brought-LowKevin
Why the Reformation Matters Today (Part 2)Kevin
Why the Reformation Matters TodayKevin
Christ, Not Cyrus—Thank God!Kevin
Our Priestly MissionKevin
Easter Mission at Courtside: A Coach’s ReflectionKevin
Religion “Rebranded”Kevin
In Ed-ifying MemoryKevin
Faith as Evidence of the Resurrection: A Theme in St. John’s Easter AccountKevin
Looking at the Passion through the Wrong End of Exodus, and Other Notes for Holy WeekKevin
Anticipating Easter: A Sermon on Luke 24Kevin
A Surprising Paucity of “Forgiveness”Kevin
Where is God When Disaster Strikes?Kevin
The Gospel at E. 93rd and KinsmanKevin
Why I Detest the Expression “People of Faith”Kevin
Giving Thanks for Ed Schroeder (Repost of “The Care and Redemption of God’s Creation”)Kevin
“Will No One Have the Guts to be a Sinner?” (Part 1)Kevin
A special message from Crossings, about Edward H. SchroederKevin
Why I Detest the Expression “People of Faith”Kevin
Mission of God: Gospel of LukeKevin
A Review of Brian Stanley’s “Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A World History”Kevin
Honest-to-God Gospel Meets the Dying WorldKevin
“To Be” or Not “To Be”: A Question to Ask When Reading St. PaulKevin
How God’s Law Works: Epiphanies from a Fiction WriterKevin
Why Jesus’ Baptism Matters for Jesus’ MissionariesKevin
A Preacher Still on TrialKevin
“A Little Dirt for Christmas.” A Sermon.Kevin
Reflections on Mission: A Starting PointKevin
The Preacher’s Task: Robert W. Bertram to Lori Cornell (and Every Proclaimer)Kevin
Getting real about sin on Reformation SundayKevin
1) A Quick Note on Mark 7 for this Sunday. 2) An Impending Transition.Ronald Coulter
Humanity coram Deo – Pieces of a 1947 Lecture by Werner ElertRonald Coulter
A Crossings Love StoryKevin
Pentecost is for Preaching: Part 2Kevin
Peter Keyel on the Usefulness of Superhero MoviesRonald Coulter
The Use of Romans 13Ronald Coulter
Two Takes on God’s Unfolding Apocalypse, American StyleRonald Coulter
God Hidden/God Revealed—an Essential Bertram Corrective, per Matthew Becker (Part 2 of 2)Ronald Coulter
God Hidden/God Revealed—an Essential Bertram Corrective, per Matthew Becker (Part 1 of 2)Ronald Coulter
God Hidden/God Revealed; according to Werner Elert, via Matthew Becker (Part 2 of 2)Ronald Coulter
God Hidden/God Revealed; according to Werner Elert, via Matthew Becker (Part 1 of 2)Ronald Coulter
More Easter Bits and Pieces from John 20Ronald Coulter
Anticipating Easter. A Rerun.Ronald Coulter
Some Essential “Crossings” Theology in Plain English, Continued. (Part Two of a Keynote Presentation)Ronald Coulter
Some Essential “Crossings” Theology in Plain English. (Part One of a Keynote Presentation)Ronald Coulter
The Word Became This FleshRonald Coulter
No “Mission” in Luther? A Re-examination (Part 3 of 3)Ronald Coulter
No “Mission” in Luther? A Re-examination (Part 2 of 3)Ronald Coulter
Reflections on Luther the Person, Part 2Ronald Coulter
Reflections on Luther the Person, Part 1. (With Quick Notes on the Forthcoming Conference, and on Matthew 25)Ronald Coulter
A Reformation Day EpistleRonald Coulter
“Think Gospel, Preach Christ!” Lessons from Elert for Today’s Church (Part 3)Ronald Coulter
“Think Gospel, Preach Christ!” Lessons from Elert for Today’s Church (Part 2)Ronald Coulter
“Think Gospel, Preach Christ!” Lessons from Elert for Today’s Church (Part 1)Ronald Coulter
Ecumenical PreachingRonald Coulter
Reading the HurricanesRonald Coulter
Why Jesus? A Preacher’s Mission-Minded ReflectionsRonald Coulter
Caveat Caesar, Emerging from the Shadows, and Other Thoughts for EasterRonald Coulter
The Eerie Wonder of Tennessee Jack DanielsRonald Coulter
Steven Kuhl on “Reformation Spirituality” (Part Two)Ronald Coulter
Steven Kuhl on “Reformation Spirituality”Ronald Coulter
The Pastor’s JobRonald Coulter
The American MythRonald Coulter
What Does It Mean “To Follow Jesus”? Tips from Ed SchroederRonald Coulter
Theology for Third Graders on the Cusp of ChristmasRonald Coulter
Werner Elert on Truth, and Why It MattersRonald Coulter
Post-Election Conversation; the January SeminarRonald Coulter
The necessity of Christ for his Christians, post-electionRonald Coulter
Justification by Faith at Ground Level (An Example)Ronald Coulter
Bill Burrows on Spirit, Church, Gospel, and the Centrality of ChristRonald Coulter
An Assortment of Readers’ ResponsesRonald Coulter
Two Questions for the Baptized Person (Part Three of a Keynote Address)Ronald Coulter
An Approach to “Discerning the Spirit” (Part Two of a Keynote Address)Ronald Coulter
The Confounding Gospel (Part One of a Keynote Address)Ronald Coulter
A Timely Look at Pentecostalism through a Law-and-Gospel Lens (Part Three)Ronald Coulter
A Timely Look at Pentecostalism through a Law-and-Gospel Lens (Part Two)Ronald Coulter
A Timely Look at Pentecostalism through a Law-and-Gospel Lens (Part One)Ronald Coulter
The Donald and MeRonald Coulter
Ed Schroeder on Kingdoms and The Kingdom. A July 4th SpecialRonald Coulter
The Gerasene Demoniac, a Strange Yet Timely TextRonald Coulter
Easter Leftovers, especially a Nagging Question about John 20:23Ronald Coulter
1) Robert Kolb on Why Luther Matters Today (A Reading Tip). 2) Christ and “The Cloud”Ronald Coulter
A Sunday Morning Explanation of the LiturgyRonald Coulter
Easter Unfolding. A Gift from Amy C. Schifrin. Part 2Ronald Coulter
Easter Unfolding. A Gift from Amy C. Schifrin. Part 1Ronald Coulter
A Scientist’s Easter WitnessRonald Coulter
Rob Saler on the Publicly Engaged Church, Part 2 (Rich Fare for Holy Week)Ronald Coulter
A Most Timely Essay on “The Spirit and the Publicly Engaged Church”Ronald Coulter
Steve Turnbull on “The New Humanity,” Part 2.Ronald Coulter
Steve Turnbull on “The New Humanity.” A Must-Read for Holy Week. Part 1.Ronald Coulter
Two Covenants, not One. A Book ReviewRonald Coulter
A Gift for Lent from Jill Peláez Baumgaertner, Poet and TheologianRonald Coulter
Last Week’s Sixth Crossings Conference. A Quick ReviewRonald Coulter
Ed Schroeder Weighs in on “Radical Hospitality”Ronald Coulter
“What Time Is It?” (A Sermon Suited for New Year’s Day)Ronald Coulter
Angles on Angels, and on Genuine Christmas PeaceRonald Coulter
A Call for Reformation as a Church Year DawnsRonald Coulter
Listen to the Veterans, Part 2. Counsel for a “Non-Religious” Veterans’ AdvocateRonald Coulter
“Will No One Have the Guts to be a Sinner?” —Preface and Ur-textCathy Lessmann
War Can’t Be Just. Listen to the VeteransRonald Coulter
A Christian Approach to Interfaith RelationsBrandon Wade
Three Distinctions to Make when Reading the BibleBrandon Wade
“Third Use,” Round Two. A Citation from LutherBrandon Wade
A “Third Use” of the Law? Doest the Formula Say That? Does the Notion Make Sense?Brandon Wade
A Belated “Duh!” on “Take Up [Your] Cross and Follow Me.”Brandon Wade
How the Parable of the Good Samaritan is Good News, aka GospelBrandon Wade
Augsburg and CharlestonBrandon Wade
Ed Schroeder on the Tim Frakes Documentary, “Seminex: Memories of a Church Divided”Brandon Wade
Getting Back on Track, with a Report from the Mockingbird ConferenceBrandon Wade
On Faith. Eleven Bertram Theses, Newly Unearthed.Brandon Wade
Death, Life, and Baptism (3)Brandon Wade
Death, Life, and Baptism (2)Brandon Wade
Death, Life, and Baptism (1)Brandon Wade
“Fail, for Christ’s sake!” A Dose of Luther for Lent, 2015Brandon Wade
“Fail, for Christ’s sake!” A Dose of Luther for Lent, 2015Brandon Wade
Unearthing Gospel Gold—the Essay, Part IIBrandon Wade
Unearthing Gospel Gold—the Essay, Part IBrandon Wade
a) “Unearthing Gospel Gold,” a Seminar, with a Nudge from Taiwan. b) Felde on the Lord’s Prayer.Brandon Wade
Describing the Law/Gospel Distinction: The Fuller VersionBrandon Wade
“Joy and the Christmas Burglar”: A sermon for Christmas EveBrandon Wade
A Stab at Describing the Law/Gospel DistinctionBrandon Wade
“Sheep? Goat? Try ‘Member of the Family.’” The Real Surprise of Matthew 25.Brandon Wade
Homily on the anniversary of an ordinationBrandon Wade
Luther on the Ten Virgins—and the Surprising Source for ThisBrandon Wade
Something Greater Than Justice.” A Post-Ferguson ReflectionBrandon Wade
More Musings on ‘Justification’Brandon Wade
Original SinBrandon Wade
Octoberish Orts. 1) Richard Dawkins, Fundamentalist? 2) Romans 3 in English 3) The Intriguing “God’s Word” TranslationBrandon Wade
An MD’s “Crossing” of DOCTORED. The Disillusionment of an American PhysicianBrandon Wade
Book Review: DOCTORED. The Disillusionment of an American PhysicianBrandon Wade
Tracking Guardians of the GalaxyBrandon Wade
Good News for the Disconnected?Brandon Wade
What Happens on the Cross? An Interchange and Conversation, Part 2Brandon Wade
What Happens on the Cross? An Interchange and Conversation Part 1Brandon Wade
A Rite for Labor DayBrandon Wade
Why We OrdainBrandon Wade
Eschatology as a Function of the GospelBrandon Wade
Adding the GospelBrandon Wade
On Hope and Ignorance: Gleanings from the Mission FieldBrandon Wade
Seminaries are the problem, not the solution.Brandon Wade
Augsburg, Ramadan, and ISISBrandon Wade
Response to Jungkuntz homilyBrandon Wade
Jesus and Evolution? Seriously! (A Book Review)Brandon Wade
Book Review: FROM THE OXUS RIVER TO THE CHINESE SHORES: Studies on East Syriac Christianity in China and Central AsiaBrandon Wade
Book Review: DON’T KILL THE MESSENGER! by Donald Ray SoekenBrandon Wade
The Daily Life of the Christian, Part 2Brandon Wade
The Daily Life of the Christian, Part 1Brandon Wade
Book Review: SABBATH AS RESISTANCE by Walter BrueggemannBrandon Wade
Two Recent Samples of Easter Confession, Thomas-styleBrandon Wade
The Agony of the Empty PreacherBrandon Wade
The Holy Thing of Holy WeekBrandon Wade
A Grass-roots Theologian on the Faith-Works ConnectionBrandon Wade
A Lenten LabyrinthBrandon Wade
What the Bishop Said about “Repent,” and other Post-Conference Notes.Brandon Wade
African Realities Today Through Lutheran LensesBrandon Wade
The Good News of St. Matthew’s GenealogyBrandon Wade
Can One “Preach” the Law? An Interchange, Part 2Brandon Wade
Can One “Preach” the Law? An Interchange, Part 1Brandon Wade
Campus MinistryBrandon Wade
Advent Orts (on Mandela; the Promise; Francis and Joy; Justice; Certitude)Brandon Wade
On Religions, Liturgies, Distinctions—and a Huge Difference. A Book ReviewBrandon Wade
“One for All and All in One”: A pitch for your presence at the forthcoming Crossings conference via some ruminating on Good Friday prayers.Brandon Wade
Genetic EngineeringBrandon Wade
#800 Pop-Cultural Theologies of GloryBrandon Wade
#799 Justification by Grace through Faith”: What Does This Mean?Brandon Wade
#798 The QuestBrandon Wade
#797 The Passive Church. An Argument in its Favor.Brandon Wade
#744 A reading of St. Mark, Crossings-style (Part 3)Brandon Wade
#796 The Lazarus StoryBrandon Wade
#795 Liturgy and Gospel: A Snippet of Pastoral CounselBrandon Wade
#794 More Ways Than One to Preach a TextBrandon Wade
#793 Orts: 1. On rules. 2. Concerning the hidebound. 3. On missing the point. 4. A bit of begginBrandon Wade
#792 The ELCA’s New BishopBrandon Wade
#791 Sin, Sight, and a Vision of GodBrandon Wade
#790 1) A Christ-confessing Mystery. 2) A Brief Christ-confessing “Aha!”Brandon Wade
#789 The Gospel Lives!Brandon Wade
#788 An Exemplary Conversation (2)Brandon Wade
#787 An Exemplary Conversation (1)Brandon Wade
#786 Kumbaya RevisitedBrandon Wade
#785 A Life and Ministry Shaped by the Good ShepherdBrandon Wade
#784 Preaching and the teleological temptationBrandon Wade
#783 Reexamining the “face of God” metaphorBrandon Wade
#782 Seeing the face of GodBrandon Wade
#781 The Awards Ceremony Address You Wish Your Child Might Have HeardBrandon Wade
#780 The teacher’s calling, especially in a parochial schoolBrandon Wade
#779 Musings on Ministry and the Holy SpiritBrandon Wade
#778 Luther as Mission TheologianBrandon Wade
#777 Some Uncommon Common Sense about “Mission”Brandon Wade
#776 The Preacher’s Audience: Participation in the MysteryBrandon Wade
#775 The Preacher’s Audience: Some Give and TakeBrandon Wade
#774 “Full Communion” Relationships and the Mission of Christ, Part 2Brandon Wade
#773 “Full Communion” Relationships and the Mission of ChristBrandon Wade
#772 Where is Jesus in the “Talents” Parables? An Angle on the PassionBrandon Wade
#771 Idolatry and the Gun DebateBrandon Wade
#770 The Preacher’s AudienceBrandon Wade
#769 Judgment Day (Part 2)Brandon Wade
#768 Judgment Day (Part 1)Brandon Wade
#767 The Deified GunBrandon Wade
#766 Ash Wednesday Musings, with a Nudge from MachiavelliBrandon Wade
#765 God’s deadly diagnosisBrandon Wade
#764 Book Review — GOD’S REIGN AND THE END OF EMPIRES by Antonio GonzálezBrandon Wade
#763 Talking with the “Nones”Brandon Wade
#762 Nervy Faith, or How to Appall a PietistBrandon Wade
#761 Reclaiming the Sain in Sain SexBrandon Wade
#760 See my lawyerBrandon Wade
#759 Grace, Truth, and GloryBrandon Wade
#758 Christmas Preaching in the Wake of Sandy HookBrandon Wade
#757 Book review—THE DIVORCE OF SEX AND MARRIAGE by Robert W. BertramBrandon Wade
#756 Book review—BROKEN HALLELUJAHS by Christian ScharenBrandon Wade
#755 A Perfect WorldBrandon Wade
#754 An Observation on Bertram’s First QuestionBrandon Wade
#753 ThankfulnessBrandon Wade
#752 Six questions for any text or sermonBrandon Wade
#751 The Cultural Roots of Schism (Part 2)Brandon Wade
#750 On Being Special, or Not. A Double Crossing.Brandon Wade
#749 Manichean AmericaBrandon Wade
#748 The Cultural Roots of Schism (Part 1)Brandon Wade
#747 A reading of St. Mark, Crossings-style (Part 5)Brandon Wade
#746 A reading of St. Mark, Crossings-style (Part 4)Brandon Wade
#745 Ed Schroeder Reports from TorontoBrandon Wade
#743 A reading of St. Mark, Crossings-style (Part 2)Brandon Wade
A reading of St. Mark, Crossings-style (Part 1)Brandon Wade
The way, the truth, and the lifeBrandon Wade
John’s Gospel and Christian Unity, ConclusionBrandon Wade
John’s Gospel and Christian Unity, Part ThreeBrandon Wade
John’s Gospel and Christian Unity, Part TwoBrandon Wade
Mr. Pelagius Goes to Washington. A Book ReviewBrandon Wade
John’s Gospel and Christian Unity, Part OneBrandon Wade
Play-by-Play Liturgy, Part TwoBrandon Wade
In Blessed RemembranceBrandon Wade
Play-By-Play Liturgy, Part OneBrandon Wade
So you thought you knew “deacon”?Brandon Wade
Loving Beyond BarriersBrandon Wade
Risking in FaithBrandon Wade
1 Peter 2:1-10 as a Text for ConfessorsBrandon Wade
The Athanasian CreedBrandon Wade
The Point of Christian MinistryBrandon Wade
Politics and TheologyBrandon Wade
Johannes Bugenhagen, Public TheologianBrandon Wade
Following Jesus when things fall apart (Part 2)Brandon Wade
Following Jesus When Things Fall Apart (Part 1)Brandon Wade
Seeing Christ in GalileeBrandon Wade
Easter Sunday PreachingBrandon Wade
Lenten DisciplinesBrandon Wade
The “Heart Disease” of Self-Referential FaithBrandon Wade
Discipleship in the Lutheran Tradition, ContinuedBrandon Wade
Discipleship in the Lutheran TraditionBrandon Wade
Mission in the Secular American AcademyBrandon Wade
1) Think Christ. 2) Rethink ChurchBrandon Wade
Football TheologyBrandon Wade
Response to John Roth’s “How to Disagree Well”Brandon Wade
Mission in Mark, Part 3Brandon Wade
Mission in Mark, Part 2Brandon Wade
Mission in MarkBrandon Wade
Best Books on MissionBrandon Wade
How to Disagree WellBrandon Wade
Justification in Nickel WordsBrandon Wade
Images of Christ, Part 2Brandon Wade
Images of ChristBrandon Wade
Christmas Eve PreachingBrandon Wade
Preview of Next Month’s Fourth International Crossings ConferenceBrandon Wade
Plain SpeakingBrandon Wade
Whither Thursday Theology? A note from the Board of the Crossings CommunityBrandon Wade
The End of the Line: It’s All About Faith and the PromiseBrandon Wade
Theology of the Cross. Richard Koenig in memoriamBrandon Wade
A “Lutheran” SpiritualityBrandon Wade
“Did Osama Win?”Brandon Wade
Limpet-Mine Theology and Gospel With No AdditivesBrandon Wade
A Parting PeaceBrandon Wade
The Theology of Helmut ThielickeBrandon Wade
Christian Spirituality in the WorkplaceBrandon Wade
Risking the TraditionBrandon Wade
Still Missing after 10 Years, the “R” Word: RepentanceBrandon Wade
A Book Review: Pastoral Care for Iraq/Afghanistan veterans.Brandon Wade
Another One from the Archives: Bob Bertram RequiemBrandon Wade
A Book Review: Dean Lueking, “Through Their Eyes. A People’s View of the Global Church”Brandon Wade
A Bertram Original: Rediscovered TreasureBrandon Wade
The Crossings Six-Steps and World Religions.Brandon Wade
Gay is OK. An Argument from the Lutheran Confessions. What!?Brandon Wade
Faith-Statements from Young Confirmands (revisited)Brandon Wade
Leaving One Denomination to Find a Pure OneBrandon Wade
Proclaiming the Good NewsBrandon Wade
Book Review – “I Am a Christian: the Nun, the Devil and Martin Luther.” Carolyn M. Schneider.Brandon Wade
Law and Promise Reading of the Scriptures, Part IIIBrandon Wade
Law and Promise Reading of the Scriptures, Part IIBrandon Wade
Law and Promise Reading of the ScripturesBrandon Wade
Christianity. The First Three Thousand Years.Brandon Wade
Confessing the Faith on Confirmation DayBrandon Wade
Islamization and the Christian Gospel.Brandon Wade
“All Done.” The Homily on the Occasion of George Hoyer’s FuneralBrandon Wade
Law-Gospel Theology and Family Life.Brandon Wade
Calvin/Luther conference at Luther Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota)Brandon Wade
Baptismal IdentityBrandon Wade
The Bible and Me. A Bishop’s Tale.Brandon Wade
Anticipating Easter in a Eulogy during LentBrandon Wade
The Crossings Curriculum of 1983-93 (Continued) with a Spinoff on Atonement Theories!Brandon Wade
The Crossings Curriculum of 1983-93–a Retrospective.Brandon Wade
Six Hundred Sixty-Six: Some Reflections on that Apocalyptic NumberBrandon Wade
A Homily for Ash WednesdayBrandon Wade
On Not Losing the Cross in Today’s Debate on the AtonementBrandon Wade
Justification – Jargon or Jewel?Brandon Wade
Seminex Profs and the Downfall of LSTC and the ELCABrandon Wade
The 2011 Crossings Conference and President Obama’s Address. Part IIIBrandon Wade
The 2011 Crossings Conference and President Obama’s Address. Part II.Brandon Wade
The 2011 Crossings Conference and President Obama’s Address.Brandon Wade
Cancel any Celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the 95 Theses.Brandon Wade
Those “Solas” in Lutheran TheologyBrandon Wade
A Lutheran Missiology: God’s Promise the CornerstoneBrandon Wade
God’s Facebook and the Other OneBrandon Wade
Schleiermacher’s Theology of ChristmasBrandon Wade
Christian Buddhist, Buddhist Christian?Brandon Wade
Gospel-grounded Church Leadership. A Case StudyBrandon Wade
Selections from Martin Luther for Advent.Brandon Wade
Segue into Advent on Donated RighteousnessBrandon Wade
Reflections on THE Gospel, Another Visit DownunderBrandon Wade
Christianity and Politics.Brandon Wade
Homily for Reformation Day Celebration 2010Brandon Wade
Luther’s Understanding of Law: Lex Charitatis, the Law of LoveBrandon Wade
Luther’s Rehabilitation in Recent Roman Catholic OpinionBrandon Wade
Some Items on Mission TheologyBrandon Wade
A Confession of Faith prompted by the Dodoma StatementBrandon Wade
African Lutheran Churches Rebuke their Western SiblingsBrandon Wade
“Simultaneously Sinner and Saint,” a Second Opinion for the ELCA Journal THE LUTHERANBrandon Wade
Theopaschitism [Yes, that’s the topic. Pronounced (OED): theo-PA-skit-ism.]Brandon Wade
A Book Review on Science and ReligionBrandon Wade
More Artifacts from Earlier Days in Australia. EthicsBrandon Wade
More Discoveries from That Year Downunder 1994Brandon Wade
“The Lutheran Message” – Just What is That?Brandon Wade
“Street Priest” in Vancouver, DTESBrandon Wade
Doubt and Certainty in “A Lutheran Christian Life for Today”Brandon Wade
Robert Bertram, Carl Braaten and the ELCA on Universal SalvationBrandon Wade
Demythologization, Theology of the Cross and Christ’s Virgin BirthBrandon Wade
On Teaching Theology – A Slice of Life.Brandon Wade
Not Missing the Message in the Good Samaritan ParableBrandon Wade
Werner Elert’s chapter on Economics in his book The Christian Ethos. (Part 2)Brandon Wade
Werner Elert’s chapter on Economics in his book The Christian Ethos. (Part 1)Brandon Wade
Youth Ministry in AmericaBrandon Wade
Faith Alone–Still a Minority Opinion?Brandon Wade
The Oldest Document in the Werner Elert Archives–A Sermon from 100 Years Ago.Brandon Wade
Carl Braaten’s AutobiographyBrandon Wade
A Heads Up for Trinity SundayBrandon Wade
A Daystar ReaderBrandon Wade
Muslims, Christians and the Common GoodBrandon Wade
How Many Missouri Synods Are There? Two? Maybe even Three?Brandon Wade
Tragedy after Easter — Easter after the TragedyBrandon Wade
Luther’s New Home in the Episcopal Church USA? Maybe, Maybe Not.Brandon Wade
Tidbits from Luther’s Easter SermonsBrandon Wade
The Future of Justification – A Response to N. T. WrightBrandon Wade
Christ Fulfills God’s Law on Good FridayBrandon Wade
A Book About ForgivenessBrandon Wade
Surprising Things Happen! A Quartet of Surprises at Mid-Lent 2010Brandon Wade
Part Two of “Werner Elert and Moral Decay in the ELCA!”Brandon Wade
Werner Elert and Moral Decay in the ELCA!Brandon Wade
“Is Anybody Out There Listening?” Part TwoBrandon Wade
Is Anybody Out There Listening? Or Even Interested Enough to Want to Listen?Brandon Wade
A Report on Crossings International Conference III, January 25-27, 2010Brandon Wade
Werner Elert’s Law/Gospel Textbook on Christian Ethics (Part II–Conclusion)Brandon Wade
Werner Elert’s Law/Gospel Textbook on Christian EthicsBrandon Wade
Stephen C. Krueger In MemoriamBrandon Wade
Jesus, Age 12, at the TempleBrandon Wade
FAQ About Recent ELCA DecisionsBrandon Wade
Two Different Gospels for The Night before Christmas –“Avatar” and the Mangered MessiahBrandon Wade
West Point Cadets, Obama’s Speeches and Jeremiah 33.Brandon Wade
Further Conversation on “30,000 More Charioteers into the Red Sea?”Brandon Wade
30,000 More Charioteers into the Red Sea? “Finish the Job.” Whose Job? On Whom?Brandon Wade
Primacy of Popes and the Promise. A Review of O’Malley’s “The History of the Popes”Brandon Wade
Sample Sermon on an Apocalyptic Text.Brandon Wade
79 is a Prime Number. Some Ramblings on Passing that Prime.Brandon Wade
Two New Books from Old Seminex ColleaguesBrandon Wade
“I held an umbrella . . . until we got through the resurrection.”Brandon Wade
Memories, Memories–of Crossings, of SeminexBrandon Wade
The Future of Lutheranism In a Global ContextBrandon Wade
Life on the FasTrak. But Not the One You May Think of First.Brandon Wade
In Washington, Missouri, Too — It’s a Time for ConfessingBrandon Wade
The Next (or Next Next) Generation of Crossings TheologiansBrandon Wade
Jeremiah Wright was Right: God is NOT Blessing AmericaBrandon Wade
Those Ten Commandments – Conversation ContinuedBrandon Wade
Preaching the Ten CommandmentsBrandon Wade
The Crossings Method for Studying Biblical TextsBrandon Wade
Crossings Inc. Annual Board Meeting – My ReportBrandon Wade
How my Mind has Changed? Well, Maybe.Brandon Wade
A Double Autobiography–Art Simon and Bread for the WorldBrandon Wade
“The Unlimited Mercy of God” – Armencius Munthe, R.I.P.Brandon Wade
Memento mori. Two Reminders of My MortalityBrandon Wade
The Crossings Matrix (Diagnosis/Prognosis) Keeps MovingBrandon Wade
Seminex at Thirty-Five.Brandon Wade
Augsburg Confessional Theology and the Sexuality Debate Part Two: A Canadian Sequel to Last Week’s Post.Brandon Wade
Augsburg Confessional Theology and the ELCA Sexuality Debate.Brandon Wade
Crossing the Kidney Market — With Law and PromiseBrandon Wade
Some Luther Quotes for the Feast of the Holy TrinityBrandon Wade
Jesuit Theologians–One More TimeBrandon Wade
The Making of A Local Church — A Lutheran Review of a Vatican II ClassicBrandon Wade
Preaching the Christian Gospel from Old Testament Texts. One More Time.Brandon Wade
Preaching the Christian Gospel from Old Testament TextsBrandon Wade
Testing Benedict XVI By the Company He Would KeepBrandon Wade
The Gospel in “The Shack” and the “Gospel in the Stable”Brandon Wade
The Lutheran World Federation Needs Help. It’s the “L” Word.Brandon Wade
Two Easter Eggs for my Basket Came on Easter MondayBrandon Wade
Lutheran World Federation Consultation–The Augsburg Aha! of 1530 at Augsburg 2009.Brandon Wade
William P. Young. THE SHACK A Book Review by Phil Kuehnert, Pastor, Zion Lutheran Church, Fairbanks, AlaskaBrandon Wade
True or False: The Vocation of Christian Congregations is to be “Public Companions with God in Civil Society.”Brandon Wade
Burned-Out Biblicist?–Thoughts about Bart D. EhrmanBrandon Wade
Reading the Bible in Mission to the World.Brandon Wade
Many different Gospels, or one and the same Gospel, throughout the New Testament?Brandon Wade
Pope Benedict XVIBrandon Wade
A Cake for Seminex’s 35th BirthdayBrandon Wade
Jesus in the New Testament: Just How Real is He?Brandon Wade
“The earth showeth His handiwork.” In a human hand?Brandon Wade
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Fiftieth AnniversaryBrandon Wade
His Hand Was on Lincoln’s Bible, but . . . .Brandon Wade
Christless ChristianityBrandon Wade
Mission from a Position of WeaknessBrandon Wade
The Maasai CreedBrandon Wade
Mega-Fear, Mega-JoyBrandon Wade
Abraham’s Paradoxical God — God Most High and God Most Low(ly) [An offering from Frederick Niedner]Brandon Wade
A Sequel to last week’s Advent and Apocalypse in America–from Werner Elert in 1932Brandon Wade
Advent and Apocalypse in America–a Triad for Crossing.Brandon Wade
A Lutheran “Op-ed” for Bible Reading in the ELCA, Part IVBrandon Wade
A Lutheran “Op-ed” for Bible Reading in the ELCA, Part IIIBrandon Wade
An “Op-ed” for Bible Reading in the ELCA, Part IIBrandon Wade
Bible Reading in the ELCABrandon Wade
Christian Buddhists? A Tale from Thailand [Part II]Brandon Wade
Christian Buddhists? A Tale from Thailand [Part I]Brandon Wade
Biblicism in the ELCA? Can that be true?Brandon Wade
Luther’s Theology of the Cross and its Relevance for South Asia.Brandon Wade
Bush, speaking on the economic chaosBrandon Wade
And the Wall Came Tumbling DownBrandon Wade
Lucre, Linus and Luke — Crossing the Current Financial CrisesBrandon Wade
41 Days and 40 nights in Europe – Part IIBrandon Wade
It’s September 11 Again. It’s been 7 years.Brandon Wade
IAMS XIIBrandon Wade
F.W. Herzberger Part Four — Herzberger’s Theological Legacy Robin J. MorganBrandon Wade
F.W. Herzberger Part Three — Herzberger’s Theological LegacyBrandon Wade
F.W. Herzberger Part TwoBrandon Wade
Part One — F.W. HerzbergerBrandon Wade
Priests and Programmers: Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of BaliBrandon Wade
Preaching Justice, Doing Mercy: The Gospel in the Public Square Can we, should we, and did we ever distinguish clearly between the vocations of preachers, prophets, and partisans?Brandon Wade
Our Time For Confessing in the Philippines-The People Power RevoltBrandon Wade
The 2008 Meeting of the American Society of Missiology, Part II.Brandon Wade
The 2008 Meeting of the American Society of MissiologyBrandon Wade
Luther’s Missiology. A Conference PaperBrandon Wade
Thoughts occasioned by reading Robert Bertram, A TIME FOR CONFESSING, by William R Burrows.Brandon Wade
Continuing last week’s post: “A Mixed Report Card on ‘Damn is Not a Dirty Word’ and ‘Preaching from OT Texts'”Brandon Wade
A Mixed Report Card on “Damn is Not a Dirty Word” and “Preaching from OT Texts”Brandon Wade
Robert W. Bertram, “Time for Confessing”-When Faith Hits the RoadBrandon Wade
Book Review on Lutherans in Hitler’s GermanyBrandon Wade
Crossings in Indonesia and Preaching from Old Testament TextsBrandon Wade
“Damn” is Not a Dirty WordBrandon Wade
More Student Theology from that Augsburg Confession Class in Springfield, Illinois.Brandon Wade
Reflections on the Roman PapacyBrandon Wade
Mosaic Law: Two Views Both Claiming to be LutheranBrandon Wade
Why Jesus? Still a Problem in our ELCABrandon Wade
Student Achievement in Lutheran Confessional TheologyBrandon Wade
The Augsburg Aha! — “Human Will and Human Works”Brandon Wade
A Message from the Field: “Ed, You didn’t get law/gospel right!”Brandon Wade
Obama and His Pastor — Is God Damning America, or Not? That is the Question.Brandon Wade
The Crossings Family Tree: A Third Generation.Brandon Wade
The Augsburg Aha! — Church and Secular Authority (AC 14-16, 23, 26-28)Brandon Wade
Robert W. Bertram “A Time for Confessing”Brandon Wade
The Augsburg Aha! — “Sacraments”Brandon Wade
The Augsburg Aha! — Class Session #3. “Church and Ministry”Brandon Wade
Some More Thoughts on the Augsburg Aha! – The Augsburg Confession Itself–Class Session #2.Brandon Wade
Pardon My Imprisonment – Anticipating Ash Wednesday.Brandon Wade
Some Thoughts on the Augsburg Aha! – The Augsburg Confession ItselfBrandon Wade
Lord’s Supper LiturgiesBrandon Wade
Ed Schroeder’s Thursday Theologies: The Gospel, God’s Plus for UsBrandon Wade
Christian EducationBrandon Wade
The Christmas Gospel according to St. John.Brandon Wade
Angels for Advent, and Christmas too–The Message Makes the Messenger.Brandon Wade
“Living Well. The Balanced Life.” – The Christmas-issue theme of THE LUTHERAN, the magazine of the ELCABrandon Wade
When You Need to be Healed, You’re a Mission FieldBrandon Wade
Arthur Carl Piepkorn. A book-review. Part II.Brandon Wade
Arthur Carl PiepkornBrandon Wade
“Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light” – A Book ReviewBrandon Wade
Chaplain’s Ministry for Luther’s 524th birthday–and–the 232nd birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps!Brandon Wade
Luther as Mission Theologian — 9.5 ThesesBrandon Wade
DOES CHRISTIAN MISSION DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD?Brandon Wade
A Mission SermonBrandon Wade
A Bertram Memorandum. Another Artifact from Seminex Days and the Wars of MissouriBrandon Wade
Mission Theology for New CongregationsBrandon Wade
Astronomy/Cosmology Breakthroughs and the God QuestionBrandon Wade
Why Seminary?Brandon Wade
The Wars of Missouri that Led to Seminex. A Retrospective. Part III: A Sequel from Bob BertramBrandon Wade
The Wars of Missouri that Led to Seminex. A Retrospective. Part IIBrandon Wade
The Wars of Missouri that Led to Seminex. A Retrospective.Brandon Wade
Memento Mori at HomeBrandon Wade
ThTh Annual Report to the Crossings Board of DirectorsBrandon Wade
The Gospel of Reconciliation–Paradise Restored or God’s New Deal for Sinners?Brandon Wade
Deaconess Evelyn Middelstadt, R.I.P.Brandon Wade
FOUR WEEKS IN WESTERN CANADABrandon Wade
Review of John H. Tietjen’s The Gospel According to Jesus. (St. Louis: Creative Communications for the Parish, 2006), 83 pp.Brandon Wade
A Review of Carl Braaten’s “Principles of Lutheran Theology”Brandon Wade
The Confessing Church in the Midst of EmpireBrandon Wade
Missio and Promissio–Mission and PromiseBrandon Wade
Memento MoriBrandon Wade
Summer Solstice and Solo SurvivalBrandon Wade
Assorted Gospel Tidbits–Some from Luther, Some from OthersBrandon Wade
An (Un)LUTHERAN View of the Kingdom of GodBrandon Wade
A Christian Message and the Virginia Tech Massacre–One More TimeBrandon Wade
Christian Message Proposals for VTU the Day after the MassacreBrandon Wade
Gospel Proclamation–Always a Challenge. At Virginia Tech . . . and at Other Places, All Other PlacesBrandon Wade
Trusting the Promise: Abrahamic Faith Then and NowBrandon Wade
Mixed MessagesBrandon Wade
Bill O’Reilly, Culture Warrior, a Book ReviewBrandon Wade
What NOT to say After the Virginia Tech MassacreBrandon Wade
Preaching the Christian Gospel from Old Testament TextsBrandon Wade
A Caveat for Maundy Thursday–Especially for ELCA Lutherans!Brandon Wade
Using the Double Dipstick Test on Whether the Church Should Speak Out on Social IssuesBrandon Wade
Crossing the Word of God with the “Work” of Zion Lutheran’s Church CouncilBrandon Wade
The Elephant in the SanctuaryBrandon Wade
Reflections on the 2007 Crossings Conference, Part 2Brandon Wade
Reflections on the 2007 Crossings ConferenceBrandon Wade
Speaking from the HeartBrandon Wade
An Incarnation NarrationBrandon Wade
Book review: “Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today”Brandon Wade
Sermon from Crossings Conference (2007) “The Net Made Flesh”Brandon Wade
Perhaps the Analogy is Auschwitz Rather than VietnamBrandon Wade
Walt Reiner R.I.P.Brandon Wade
Lutheran Hermeneutics–A New Contagion?Brandon Wade
In this Season: Light in the DarknessBrandon Wade
Mortality at the Manger 2006Brandon Wade
A Window to Heaven–When Children See Life in DeathBrandon Wade
Theology Befitting a Bishop–a Proposal, an OfferBrandon Wade
Singing Around the Advent WreathBrandon Wade
Thanksgiving — with a Biblical Hebrew AccentBrandon Wade
“God Loves You” or “Christ Forgives You” — Which One is Gospel?Brandon Wade
Images of HomeBrandon Wade
Insiders / Outsiders at the Lord’s SupperBrandon Wade
Luther’s Theology of the Cross is Not a Theology of SufferingBrandon Wade
Hospice Reflections on John 11Brandon Wade
Sin and Forgiveness: How Bad the First One, How Good the Second?Brandon Wade
Mission Impossible?Brandon Wade
Can Rome be Home? Yes and No Answers from 2 Canadian Anglicans.Brandon Wade
Letter to President BushBrandon Wade
The Theology in President Bush’s Fifth Anniversary “Sermon” for Nine-Eleven (But all in vain)Brandon Wade
Bonhoeffer, “German Christians,” and American National ReligionBrandon Wade
Craig Nessan’s Sermon: “Lazarus!”Brandon Wade
Should We Go Down With the Ship?Brandon Wade
Retiring from Doing TheologyBrandon Wade
A Reunion at the Lazarus ParableBrandon Wade
Gnosticism and LegalismBrandon Wade
The St. Louis Bonhoeffer Conference, July 19-21, 2006Brandon Wade
First Lutheran Missionary in India–Arrived 300 years ago (July 9, 1706)Brandon Wade
A Sermon Commending RepentanceBrandon Wade
Talitha Kumi in the Cuckoo’s NestBrandon Wade
The Holy Gust on Skid Row–But Hardly a SurpriseBrandon Wade
American Society of Missiology, Annual Meeting 2006Brandon Wade
Cross-winds at PentecostBrandon Wade
The Trinitarian DogmaBrandon Wade
Earthquake in YogyakartaBrandon Wade
The Ascension of our LordBrandon Wade
Theologian Giants out of MissouriBrandon Wade
ELCA Launches Project on How to Read the BibleBrandon Wade
In the Afterglow of Easter 2006Brandon Wade
I’ve Got my Doubts about “Praising Doubt”Brandon Wade
“Lutheran Theology and Global Capitalism” [Or “Empire-building and Me”]Brandon Wade
Easter Epistle from IndonesiaBrandon Wade
Luther and World Christianity. Part TwoBrandon Wade
Luther and World ChristianityBrandon Wade
Major American Jewish Theologian Calls for “Left-Hand-of-God” TheologyBrandon Wade
The Gift of Grace: The Future of Lutheran TheologyBrandon Wade
The History of Medical MissionsBrandon Wade
A Book Review on Confession and Absolution – Lutheran StyleBrandon Wade
More Discussion on Patterson, the Jesus Seminar and Jesus HimselfBrandon Wade
Reader Response to last week’s review of Stephen Patterson’s book BEYOND THE PASSION. RETHINKING THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JESUS.Brandon Wade
For the “Jesus Seminar,” Just How Much Jesus is Needed?Brandon Wade
An Op-Ed “State of the Union Address” for the USA 2006Brandon Wade
Reverie on Ten Years of Crossings on the Internet: Sabbatheology #1 RedivivusBrandon Wade
Lutherans and Catholics: The Journey toward Oz. Reflections on Conscience, Faith and FreedomBrandon Wade
Evangelical Church and Theology in the Ethiopian Revolution, Part IIBrandon Wade
Evangelical Church and Theology in the Ethiopian RevolutionBrandon Wade
Thank You Notes After ChristmasBrandon Wade
Darwin, Design and ChristmasBrandon Wade
Michael and the Dragon–On Earth the Battle Continues. Two Case Studies: Narnia and IndiaBrandon Wade
Is “church” an “active noun,” the subject of sentences? In the NT neverBrandon Wade
What is Christian Spirituality? Answer: Faith in ChristBrandon Wade
Theological Perspectives on Max Beckmann’s PaintingsBrandon Wade
The Current Brouhaha About Intelligent DesignBrandon Wade
Gospel Blazes in the DarkBrandon Wade
Luther’s 95 Theses–What Was That all About?Brandon Wade
God and Continuing CatastrophesBrandon Wade
Discipleship and Spirituality According to Luther’s CatechismsBrandon Wade
CharityBrandon Wade
Theology of the Cross, the Melody of Three Books for ReviewBrandon Wade
Another View of the Blame GameBrandon Wade
KatrinaBrandon Wade
On The Fourth Anniversary of 9/11, “Rays of Light”: Law and Promise in the Wake of KatrinaBrandon Wade
Responses to ThTh 376 about Carl Braaten’s Open Letter to the ELCA BishopBrandon Wade
Carl Braaten’s Jeremiad: ELCA is Just Another Liberal Protestant DenominationBrandon Wade
Walter R. Bouman, R.I.P. “God’s Yes and God’s No”Brandon Wade
The Second Use of the Gospel in Lutheran Reformation Theology – Part IIBrandon Wade
The Second Use of the Gospel in Lutheran Reformation Theology – Part IBrandon Wade
God’s Kingdom, God’s Regime-change–some responsesBrandon Wade
Caught in the Crosshairs: A Study of Psalm 2Brandon Wade
The Kingdom of God in Today’s Mission Theology – A Controversy. PART TWOBrandon Wade
The Kingdom of God in Today’s Mission Theology – A Controversy. PART ONEBrandon Wade
Implications of Luther’s Treatise on Good Works for Four Common ELCA Practices and IdeasBrandon Wade
The Theology of Johannes von HofmannBrandon Wade
Book Review–THE RAPTURE EXPOSEDBrandon Wade
365 Thursdays–7 Lean Years or 7 Fat Years? A Manipur Test CaseBrandon Wade
Walter R. Bouman’s Sermon: “The Foolishness of the Gospel is our Wisdom”Brandon Wade
THE LEGALISATION OF THE GOSPEL (Part II)Brandon Wade
THE LEGALISATION OF THE GOSPEL (Part I)Brandon Wade
Legalism and the Gospel in Papua New GuineaBrandon Wade
Legalism and Ascension Day 2005, Part IBrandon Wade
Art Simon’s book on American Affluence, a ReviewBrandon Wade
Pastoral Theology From an Atheist Who Became a BishopBrandon Wade
Clinging for Dear Life in the Season of EasterBrandon Wade
Crossing Real Life With Easter–In Bangkok, With Terri SchiavoBrandon Wade
Rehabilitating Rejects. God’s Building Project in Psalm 118, the Psalm appointed for EasterBrandon Wade
Homosexuality and Creation TheologyBrandon Wade
Homosexuality. Demonic Diversion from Gospel Mission and Ministry TodayBrandon Wade
Database TheologyBrandon Wade
Theology of Freedom, Part 3Brandon Wade
Theology of Freedom, Part 2Brandon Wade
A Book Review. “The Role of Justification in Contemporary Theology” by Mark C. MattesBrandon Wade
A Lenten Devotional Booklet for 2005 on the Crossings WebsiteBrandon Wade
Theology of Freedom in President Bush’s Inaugural Address 2005Brandon Wade
The ELCA Task Force report on Sexuality: Conscience-bound or Conscience-freed?Brandon Wade
Are Lutherans really “Strong on Justification,” but “Weak on Sanctification?”Brandon Wade
Tsunami Preaching in the 12 Days of ChristmasBrandon Wade
Christmas and the Heart of DarknessBrandon Wade
How I Finally Got AdventBrandon Wade
The Peace and Justice Mantra. Part IIBrandon Wade
The “Peace & Justice” MantraBrandon Wade
The Futures Market for AdventBrandon Wade
Repentance in America, What Might it Look Like?Brandon Wade
Remembering Werner Elert – Fiftieth Annversary of his DeathBrandon Wade
Luther’s Birthday and American PoliticsBrandon Wade
Eulogy Plus Gospel – A Case Study: David Truemper, R.I.P.Brandon Wade
Reflections for Reformation DayBrandon Wade
Eulogies at Christian Funerals–Some Second OpinionsBrandon Wade
How to Give a EulogyBrandon Wade
Faith as Surrender (Revisited)Brandon Wade
Responses received to the last two postings: “9-11 on the Third Anniversary” (ThTh 327) and “THE LUTHERAN surrenders ” (ThTh 328).Brandon Wade
THE LUTHERAN surrendersBrandon Wade
9-11 on the Third AnniversaryBrandon Wade
Missiology at the IAMS 2004 International Meeting – An Elephant in the Living Room, Part 2Brandon Wade
Missiology at the IAMS 2004 International Meeting – An Elephant in the Living RoomBrandon Wade
Deconstructing the Concept of MISSIO DEI “in the Light of the Gospel.”Brandon Wade
Is Robert Gagnon, the New Glue for Linking “Conservatives” in ELCA and LCMS?Brandon Wade
Some Reverie Brought on by Renate Bethge’s Bonhoeffer BookBrandon Wade
Renate’s Bethge’s Book on Bonhoeffer – A ReviewBrandon Wade
Is There a Hole in the Net of the “Word Alone Network?”Brandon Wade
Faith in EXTREME Daily LifeBrandon Wade
Closure on Singapore–Well, Not QuiteBrandon Wade
Two Conflicting Texts on the Fourth of JulyBrandon Wade
Singapore Postscript II — Vietnam and Myanmar (once Burma)Brandon Wade
Singapore Postscript IBrandon Wade
Theology of the Cross. A Singapore Congregational PresentationBrandon Wade
The Dark Side of Humanity – a Lutheran Take, a Pastoral Caution and CounselBrandon Wade
What about Jesus’ Miracles?Brandon Wade
The “So What” FactorBrandon Wade
Discipleship–Lutheran StyleBrandon Wade
Some spin-offs from Justification by Faith AloneBrandon Wade
Justification by Faith AloneBrandon Wade
“God-Sized” Task to Tame FallujahBrandon Wade
Gibson’s “Passion” film, one more timeBrandon Wade
Another Look at Gibson’s Film “The Passion of the Christ”Brandon Wade
Mel Gibson’s Movie: THE PASSION OF THE CHRISTBrandon Wade
John Damm’s Homily at John Tietjen’s FuneralBrandon Wade
First signals from SingaporeBrandon Wade
Bob Bertram in memoriam, Part IIBrandon Wade
Lenten Reverie. First Anniversary of Bob Bertram’s Death.Brandon Wade
Mission Affirmations Run Through a Law-Promise SieveBrandon Wade
Your Responses to recent ThTh PostingsBrandon Wade
Book Review of Martin Marty’s MARTIN LUTHERBrandon Wade
Your God is Too SmallBrandon Wade
John Tietjen’s Sermon on Confessing ChristBrandon Wade
Seminex at Thirty. Random Ramblings for an AnniversaryBrandon Wade
“Lord, Bless This Mess, Please!” A Sermon at the Daystar ConferenceBrandon Wade
The LCMS Mission Affirmations of 1965–Then and NowBrandon Wade
2004 Won’t be a Happy New Year in the USA, So Long As . . . .Brandon Wade
Confessing the faith on Christmas Day in the MorningBrandon Wade
Third Use of the Law–One More TimeBrandon Wade
Jaroslav Pelikan and Roland Bainton–Just before ChristmasBrandon Wade
Faith PlaceBrandon Wade
Martin Marty’s SPEAKING OF TRUST. A Review.Brandon Wade
The Reformation. What was it all about?Brandon Wade
Third Use of the Law and “Valparaiso” Theology – A Book Review (Part II)Brandon Wade
Third Use of the Law and “Valparaiso Theology” – A Book Review (Part I)Brandon Wade
Proposal: When Jesus says: “That they may all be one,” he’s NOT talking about ecumenism.Brandon Wade
The God QuestionBrandon Wade
Book Review – J.A. Nestingen: MARTIN LUTHER: A LIFEBrandon Wade
Theses on “Biblical Authority and Biblical Hermeneutics” by Werner ElertBrandon Wade
Another Look at the “ELCA Study on Sexuality: Part Two”Brandon Wade
Andrew Weyermann in memoriamBrandon Wade
(Still) In Bondage to Biblicism – “ELCA Study on Sexuality: Part Two”Brandon Wade
What’s in a Name?Brandon Wade
How I Spent my SabbaticalBrandon Wade
Rescue from the Darkness of CaptivityBrandon Wade
Crossing Workplace Slavery with Freedom in ChristBrandon Wade
Book Review by Robin MorganBrandon Wade
R.W.Bertram on REVELATION (Posted in two parts. This is Part II)Brandon Wade
R.W.Bertram on REVELATION – Posted in two parts. This is Part IBrandon Wade
Bertram’s “Heretical”? Theology and the Missouri Synod national convention 1973 in New Orleans. A Reprint.Brandon Wade
Missouri Synod / Seminex / Bethel Church In Crisis (Part II – Conclusion)Brandon Wade
Missouri Synod / Seminex / Bethel Church In Crisis (Part I)Brandon Wade
A Crossing from Psalm 118: What Makes Those Rejects Sing?Brandon Wade
Timothy F. Lull – In MemoriamBrandon Wade
ELCA Publication on Homosexuality – Short on Promise, Long on LawBrandon Wade
Reader Response to the Wine/Wineskins of Contemporary WorshipBrandon Wade
Schroeder Summer SabbaticalBrandon Wade
“Church of Joy” theology–right here in St. Louis, Part II The ELCABrandon Wade
“Church of Joy” theology–right here in St. LouisBrandon Wade
Christians in Time of War–Hitler’s Germany, Today’s AmericaBrandon Wade
Gospel and Community Church of Joy [CCOJ], Part 2Brandon Wade
Which Gospel Creates a “Community of Joy?”Brandon Wade
The Eastering of Robert W. BertramBrandon Wade
Voices from Australia: One on Armageddon, one on the Holy SpiritBrandon Wade
The Day of Jesus Embedded in the TombBrandon Wade
Shock and Awe in Time of War, Part IIBrandon Wade
Shock and Awe–at the Power of Death or the Power of Life?Brandon Wade
“Your Gospel is too Small.” A Look at 2 Recent ELCA publications.Brandon Wade
The Reverend Dr. Robert W. Bertram International Lutheran Theologian, Interpreter of Seminex by Ed SchroederBrandon Wade
Is it Still Worth Being a Lutheran?Brandon Wade
A Review of William Lazareth’s “Christians in Society: Luther, the Bible and Social Ethics”Brandon Wade
The Folk Religion of “God Bless America” – RevisitedBrandon Wade
Lay Leadership at the Lord’s SupperBrandon Wade
The Folk Religion of “God Bless America” [FROGBA] – A Crossings-style AnalysisBrandon Wade
Aarhus Revisited – Theology Where the Rubber Hits the Road. From: Robin MorganBrandon Wade
The Theology of President Bush’s 2003 “State of the Union” AddressBrandon Wade
Aarhus Conference by Fred Niedner and Dave TruemperBrandon Wade
FELLOWSHIP AT THE LORD’S SUPPERBrandon Wade
So you want to be a priest, then?Brandon Wade
Luther as Resource for Mission TheologyBrandon Wade
To fear or not to fear?Brandon Wade
Peace on Earth in Bethlehem 2002. A Blue Christmas?Brandon Wade
Semper Fideles (Always Faithful) at a Time of WarBrandon Wade
Advent Letter from Bethlehem & Apocalypse NowBrandon Wade
Thanksgiving. A Gratitude Attitude? Not ReallyBrandon Wade
Interfaith PrayerBrandon Wade
Book Review – Colin Chapman’s WHOSE PROMISED LAND? THE CONTINUING CRISIS OVER ISRAEL AND PALESTINEBrandon Wade
You’re in Charge and I’m Not by Robin MorganBrandon Wade
The Festival of the ReformationBrandon Wade
Law and Gospel Theology: An Unused Resource for Social MinistryBrandon Wade
Christians Amidst the Bali MassacreBrandon Wade
Luther’s essay ON WAR AGAINST THE TURKBrandon Wade
The Lord’s Supper: How open, how close?Brandon Wade
Exodus: A Saving Event? (One more time. Might it be the last?)Brandon Wade
Regime Change and the Word of God. Some Theological ReflectionsBrandon Wade
R-words for September 11Brandon Wade
Luther and Islam at the Tenth International Congress for Luther Research, August 4-9, 2002 in CopenhagaenBrandon Wade
Willingen II (2002), The 50th Anniversary Congress on “Missio Dei” [Latin for God’s Own Mission]Brandon Wade
A Baptism SerendipityBrandon Wade
A Theology of Acceptance – Part 2 Edward H. Schroeder Proceedings of the 1964 Valparaiso University Workshop and Institute on Human RelationsBrandon Wade
A Theology of Acceptance, Part 1 Edward H. Schroeder Proceedings of the 1964 Valparaiso University workshop and proceedings On Human RelationsBrandon Wade
Now About the Risks Involved… Edward H. Schroeder “Interaction,” March 1975Brandon Wade
“Where on Earth are the Heavenly Places?” Edward H. Schroeder Interaction, February 1976Brandon Wade
The Economy of ForgivenessBrandon Wade
The Exodus: a Saving Event? Not Really [Part 2]Brandon Wade
Till the Night Be Past: The Life and Times of Dietrich BonhoefferBrandon Wade
The World Trade Center RevisitedBrandon Wade
The Exodus, a Saving Event? Not ReallyBrandon Wade
Grabbing at JesusBrandon Wade
Mission Theology for the 21st CenturyBrandon Wade
Update from Christmas Lutheran Church in BethlehemBrandon Wade
From a Crossings Colleague in Beirut, Lebanon: “How the Israel-Palestine Conflict Looks from Here.”Brandon Wade
The Church’s Authority and HomosexualityBrandon Wade
Richard John Neuhaus, A Mystery No More [Part 2]Brandon Wade
Richard John Neuhaus, A Mystery No MoreBrandon Wade
A Tribute to Irmgard KochBrandon Wade
Jesus Through Jewish EyesBrandon Wade
Just how good is the theology of GOD BLESS AMERICA?Brandon Wade
Christian reports on the Israeli Invasion of PalestineBrandon Wade
Creation Spirituality – an Other GospelBrandon Wade
Prayer and ProvidenceBrandon Wade
Six Months After Sept. 11Brandon Wade
“Pardon My Dying: A Sequel to Ash Wednesday”Brandon Wade
Desert Theology and Lenten PietyBrandon Wade
Richard Lyon’s Crossing – A Funeral SermonBrandon Wade
A Lenten Parable: Babette’s FeastBrandon Wade
The Gospel covers the Greatest Sin (and which sin, pray tell, is that?)Brandon Wade
Mostly Mission, Some MiscellaneaBrandon Wade
Grounding One’s Theology in the Gospel, when the issue is Homosexuality – Part 2Brandon Wade
Grounding One’s Theology in the Gospel, When the Issue is HomosexualityBrandon Wade
Hildegard of Bingen by Robin MorganBrandon Wade
Mission and TraditionBrandon Wade
Year’s End Summary: the Hassle about the GospelBrandon Wade
Even So, Lord Jesus, Come QuicklyBrandon Wade
Sermons Empty of Gospel : Part 3Brandon Wade
Sermons Empty of Gospel: Part 2Brandon Wade
Sermons Empty of GospelBrandon Wade
Responses to ThTh #179 “Repentance and Apocalypse Now”Brandon Wade
Repentance and Apocalypse NowBrandon Wade
Repentance is not Popular–Neither in our Nation, nor in our ChurchBrandon Wade
The Conflict on Mission Theology in the ELCABrandon Wade
Lutheran Theology for MissionBrandon Wade
National Repentance #6: Proclaiming Repentance in the Public SquareBrandon Wade
National Repentance #5. (I wish it were the last one.)Brandon Wade
For a Nation to Repent (Continued) #4Brandon Wade
A Letter to President George W. BushBrandon Wade
Terror and Repentance, Part IIBrandon Wade
Coping with Terror–the Missing “R” WordBrandon Wade
Getting married in churchBrandon Wade
The Law’s So-called “Third Use”Brandon Wade
2001 Churchwide Assembly by Robin MorganBrandon Wade
The Mission Scene in Bali Today: Post-Denominational Church History 2001Brandon Wade
Empire-building infects us allBrandon Wade
What Women Clergy Have Taught MeBrandon Wade
Organized Congregation – An Oxymoron? – Part 4 (Finale)Brandon Wade
Ninety-Five Theses on Church ControlBrandon Wade
Organized Congregation – An Oxymoron? – Part 3Brandon Wade
The Organized Congregation – An Oxymoron? Part 2: Reader ResponsesBrandon Wade
Homosexuality revisitedBrandon Wade
Armenian Orthodox Church’s 1700th (sic!) anniversary plus other churchly tidbitsBrandon Wade
The Organized Congregation. An Oxymoron?Brandon Wade
Urban Ministry and the Historic EpiscopateBrandon Wade
Pastor in a Country ChurchBrandon Wade
The Call to Common Mission [CCM] – One More TimeBrandon Wade
The People of God in the Holy Land TodayBrandon Wade
Eucharistic Community: A Canadian Case StudyBrandon Wade
Responses to ThTh 148:”Easter without Eucharist. Feast or Fast?”Brandon Wade
The Theology of West WingBrandon Wade
Easter Message from the Holy LandBrandon Wade
Easter without Eucharist. Feast or Fast?Brandon Wade
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and Lutherans in Eastern Europe. Part 2Brandon Wade
Dark Gethsemane: A Lenten Message from the Holy LandBrandon Wade
The Missouri Synod’s Presence in Eastern European LutheranismBrandon Wade
Ferment within the Episcopal Church and the Anglican CommunionBrandon Wade
Self-Reflections for Ash WednesdayBrandon Wade
Lutheran Missiology–Oxymoron? Part IIBrandon Wade
Lutheran Missiology: An Oxymoron?Brandon Wade
Letter from the Lutheran Bishop of Jerusalem to US President George W. BushBrandon Wade
Justification – An Eastern Orthodox PerspectiveBrandon Wade
Salvation. What is it Really?Brandon Wade
Responses to Non-Western TheologyBrandon Wade
Non-Western Theology, Part 2 – The Stress in Letting the “Kids” Grow UpBrandon Wade
Samplings from Non-Western ChristianityBrandon Wade
Theology of Nature – Two Lutherans’ ViewpointsBrandon Wade
Thoughts of a MangerBrandon Wade
Christmas 2000 in BethlehemBrandon Wade
Reflections on the Message of the Advent SeasonBrandon Wade
Roman Catholic – Eastern Orthodox RapprochementBrandon Wade
Crossings Theology: Roots and BranchesBrandon Wade
A Book Review on “Proclaiming the Scandal.”Brandon Wade
A Crossing for Thanksgiving Day 2000Brandon Wade
Christian Conversation with an Ex-MarxistBrandon Wade
Palestinian Lutherans in Today’s War Zone (Continuation of ThTh #124)Brandon Wade
Macedonian Call from Palestinian Christians (that you haven’t seen on CNN)Brandon Wade
Historic Episcopacy and the ELCA – Responses from ReadersBrandon Wade
The debate within the ELCA about HE-succession (continued)Brandon Wade
Greater Accuracy on the ELCA’s agreement with US EpiscopaliansBrandon Wade
Reader Response on Necessitating Christ in PreachingBrandon Wade
Luther’s Theology of MissionBrandon Wade
Response to SermonBrandon Wade
Two Letters 1: Out of Africa — Some Observations 2: How ugly evil is!Brandon Wade
Unity of the Church:the ELCA’s In-House Controversy on the Historic EpiscopateBrandon Wade
Readers’ ResponsesBrandon Wade
Preaching the Gospel (again!)Brandon Wade
Common Christological Declaration of the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the EastBrandon Wade
Nestorius and the Nestorian ChurchBrandon Wade
Requests from BishopsBrandon Wade
Reader ResponsesBrandon Wade
Women Pastors – Christ’s Gifts to the ChurchBrandon Wade
Church DisciplineBrandon Wade
Coping with ChaosBrandon Wade
The Ownership Question- Whose We AreBrandon Wade
Missiology in the Orthodox Seminary in AlbaniaBrandon Wade
Mission Theology Begins with a Sad MessageBrandon Wade
The Order of Philippi – A Crossings Spin-offBrandon Wade
Two Theology Classes in St. LouisBrandon Wade
Dysfunctional Authority–in Families and in ChurchesBrandon Wade
Christological Difficulties at IAMS 10 – Part IIBrandon Wade
Street MinistryBrandon Wade
Grace Notes – Two of themBrandon Wade
A Time for Confessing in the Missouri Synod (continued)Brandon Wade
A Time for Confessing in the Missouri SYnodBrandon Wade
Book Review — “Reviving Sacred Speech” by Gail RamshawBrandon Wade
Christology at the Tenth I.A.M.S. Missiology ConferenceBrandon Wade
A book on Authority in the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.Brandon Wade
Fasting & The Resurrection of the BodyBrandon Wade
Faith/Works Conundrum ResponsesBrandon Wade
The Faith/Works ConundrumBrandon Wade
A Book Review of FAITH ALOUD: DOING THEOLOGY FROM THE HYMNS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. by Marcus Felde, Goroka, Papua New Guinea: Melanesian Institute, 1999Brandon Wade
The Law and Promise Hermeneutic in a Postmodern ContextBrandon Wade
What Kind of Fool am I? A Reflection on the Same-Sex Marriage DebateBrandon Wade
Lutheran Theology and Chinese ReligionBrandon Wade
A Pastor’s Accountability in Church GrowthBrandon Wade
“Gospel Basics For Adults” – A curriculum for new membersBrandon Wade
Postmodernism and truth: a theological perspectiveBrandon Wade
Living with Two CalendarsBrandon Wade
Whose Church is it Anyway?Brandon Wade
“The Grace of God has Appeared.” Which Grace?Brandon Wade
Readers’ Response plus Two Macedonian CallsBrandon Wade
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Lutheran-Roman Catholic ConsensusBrandon Wade
The Gospel as Advent TheologyBrandon Wade
Mission in the New Millenium – A South African VoiceBrandon Wade
Readers’ Feedback: “How does Jesus on the cross make a difference?”Brandon Wade
Measuring sermons to see if they’re GospelBrandon Wade
Being Like God’s Widow: Reflections on Freedom and the Stewardship of MoneyBrandon Wade
Some Reflections on the Theology of Bishop I Wayan MastraBrandon Wade
What is Safe?Brandon Wade
Reflections on the Mango Tree ChurchBrandon Wade
Book Review — The Mango Tree ChurchBrandon Wade
A Balinese Religion Primer with American CommentaryBrandon Wade
Changes in Japan Today: Two Christian PerspectivesBrandon Wade
Book Review — “Power in the Blood? The Cross in the African-American Experience”Brandon Wade
A Book Review GRACE AT THE TABLE. ENDING HUNGER IN GOD’S WORLDBrandon Wade
Tim’s questions (and Ed’s responses) about Christianity in BaliBrandon Wade
Ketut Lasia–Balinese Christian, Balinese artistBrandon Wade
Why Jesus?Brandon Wade
Remembering Mr. Makoto MizunoBrandon Wade
Mid-summer items on Law and GospelBrandon Wade
Rebuttal of Poetic Preaching — THTH57&58Brandon Wade
Poetic Preaching — part 2 Robin MorganBrandon Wade
Poetic Preaching by Robin MorganBrandon Wade
An Expanding Theology: Faith in a World of Connections. E.J.Dwyer, Newtown NSW, 1993, xii – 227 pages.Brandon Wade
Faith and Reason in a Post-Secular WorldBrandon Wade
A Response to Homosexuality and Reformation TheologyBrandon Wade
One Christian’s Response to “Star Wars — The Phantom Menace”Brandon Wade
God-as-Gospel: The Doctrine of the Trinity as Science and Theology ConvergeBrandon Wade
Homosexuality and Reformation TheologyBrandon Wade
A Feminist Christian’s Theology–Two ReviewsBrandon Wade
The Other Half of the U+turn of Repentance, a Response to ThTh 48Brandon Wade
Repentance: Coping with God the CriticBrandon Wade
Outsiders and InsidersBrandon Wade
Historic Episcopate–Another (once underground) VoiceBrandon Wade
Theology of the Cross or Theology of the Resurrection?Brandon Wade
Relocating Authority in the FamilyBrandon Wade
Response to Luther ResearchBrandon Wade
Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son in the Old and New Testaments: A Jewish Scholar’s ReportBrandon Wade
Two responses re: The Vatican and MeBrandon Wade
Christian Callings: Care & Redemption of CreationBrandon Wade
Augsburg Confession & Luther’s CatechismsBrandon Wade
Union With ChristBrandon Wade
The Vatican and meBrandon Wade
Romans 5:12-19 February 11, 1999Brandon Wade
Part 2: One Lutheran’s Agenda in Today’s Homosexuality DiscussionBrandon Wade
One Lutheran’s Agenda in Today’s Homosexuality DiscussionBrandon Wade
Theology of the Cross in the Holy LandBrandon Wade
Living StonesBrandon Wade
The Impact of Holy Land on FaithBrandon Wade
Elert on FreedomBrandon Wade
Lutheranism and World HistoryBrandon Wade
Implications of Justification in the Many Contexts of Today’s WorldBrandon Wade
The Promise of Lutheran Ethics — Law/Gospel GrammarBrandon Wade
THE PROMISE OF LUTHERAN ETHICS — Back to the Decalogue?Brandon Wade
Justification by Faith Alone — Doctrine or Hermeneutic?Brandon Wade
THE PROMISE OF LUTHERAN ETHICS — Forgiveness, Faith, FreedomBrandon Wade
THE PROMISE OF LUTHERAN ETHICS, Karen L. Bloomquist & John R. StummeBrandon Wade
Responses to “What Lutherans really believe.”Brandon Wade
Theology of the CrossBrandon Wade
Two for EternityBrandon Wade
LOSING OUR VIRTUE. WHY THE CHURCH MUST RECOVER ITS MORAL VISIONBrandon Wade
Moving our Congregations from Maintenance to MissionBrandon Wade
The Historic Episcopate Question?Brandon Wade
True Repentance and President Clinton’s Confession?Brandon Wade
Seminex Remembered — Faculty Reductions/Closing ShopBrandon Wade
Seminex Remembered — Four Crucial VotesBrandon Wade
Seminex Remembered — The Theology DepartmentBrandon Wade
Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, part 3Brandon Wade
Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, part 2Brandon Wade
Vatican “Clarifications” on the Catholic – Lutheran Joint Declaration on JustificationBrandon Wade
Seminex Remembered–Seminex’s own TheologyBrandon Wade
Seminex Remembered–Strange and WonderfulBrandon Wade
Robert C Schultz’s response to the Gay/Lesbian Ordination ResolutionBrandon Wade
Augsburg 1530/Seminex 1974Brandon Wade
Gay/Lesbian Ordination – The Central States Synod ResolutionBrandon Wade
Summer Conventions: Is it New Orleans all over again?Brandon Wade
And Then There Were ThreeBrandon Wade
Bishop’s Job Description: What does Augustana 28 say to us today?Brandon Wade
Even Rome Can be Home, but . . . Should Today’s Augsburg Catholics Long to Go There? Not ReallyBrandon Wade