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- Thursday Theology: In Thanksgiving for Art Simon December 7, 2023
- Thursday Theology: In-Between-Time Thoughts about Christ as King November 30, 2023
- Thursday Theology: “The Ultimate Turkey” and other Thanksgiving Reflect… November 23, 2023
- Thursday Theology: On Reading Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Part 2 November 16, 2023
- Thursday Theology: On Reading Paul’s Letter to the Romans. A Review of Roma… November 9, 2023
- Thursday Theology: A Review of Russell Moore’s Losing our Religion November 2, 2023
- Thursday Theology: Responding to a Voice from Israel October 26, 2023
- Thursday Theology: Once More on Matthew’s “Wedding Banquet” Parable October 19, 2023
- Thursday Theology: Fred Niedner on Preaching that Actually Works (Part 2) October 12, 2023
- Thursday Theology: Fred Niedner on Preaching that Actually Works (Part 1) October 5, 2023
- A Crosser’s Guide to Apology IV (Part Six of Six) September 28, 2023
- A Crosser’s Guide to Apology IV (Part Five of Six) September 21, 2023
- A Crosser’s Guide to Apology IV (Part Four of Six) September 14, 2023
- A Crosser’s Guide to Apology IV (Part Three of Six) September 7, 2023
- A Crosser’s Guide to Apology IV (Part Two of Six) August 31, 2023
- A Crosser’s Guide to Apology IV (Part One of Six) August 24, 2023
- A Refreshing Dose of Public Honesty August 10, 2023
- A Bit of Gospel, A Bit of Law, A Bit of Astonishment. An Announcement Too August 3, 2023
- Lowdown Love: A Sermon on Matthew 15:10-28 July 27, 2023
- Johann Agricola’s Catechism for Girls July 20, 2023
- Teach Us to Pray July 13, 2023
- Robert Bertram on “The Twice-Free Student—or Citizen.” (Part Two) July 6, 2023
- Robert Bertram on “The Twice-Free Student—or Citizen.” (Part One) June 29, 2023
- On the Fear and Love of God June 21, 2023
- St. Paul’s Dangerous Idea (Part 3) June 15, 2023
- St. Paul’s Dangerous Idea (Part 2) June 8, 2023
- St. Paul’s Dangerous Idea (Part 1) June 1, 2023
- “From Three to Four, Not Before!” May 25, 2023
- “Unity after Uvalde?” A Year-Old Sermon on John 17:20-26 May 18, 2023
- Ten “Promising” Words? An Interchange (Part 2) May 11, 2023
- Ten “Promising” Words? An Interchange (Part 1) May 4, 2023
- On Checking the Blind Spot (A Sermon) April 27, 2023
- God’s Ten Promising Words (Part 2) April 20, 2023
- God’s Ten Promising Words (Part 1) April 13, 2023
- A Maundy Thursday Meditation April 6, 2023
- Depth in the Faith March 30, 2023
- Believing Into…. March 22, 2023
- Luther on the Sound of the Wind (John 3) March 16, 2023
- Some Thoughts on Christian Preaching March 10, 2023
- Glowing Jesus, Real Sin March 2, 2023
- Can I Get a Witness? Here I Stand February 23, 2023
- Law and Gospel in Spiritual Care February 16, 2023
- Cruciger’s Hymn Revisited, A Preaching Course, A Birthday February 9, 2023
- The Net Made Flesh (A Not-To-Miss Rerun) February 2, 2023
- “Kill Me, Jesus!” Notes on a Hymn and the Woman who Wrote It January 19, 2023
- On Ministry and Epiphany January 13, 2023
- Some Christmas Leftovers January 5, 2023
- A Scholar’s Update December 29, 2022
- A Christmas Gift of Blessed Remembering (Daniel Erlander) December 22, 2022
- Announcing Edmund Schlink’s “Ecumenical Dogmatics” December 15, 2022
- A Review of David Bentley Hart’s Atheist Delusions December 8, 2022
- The Continuing Witness of Richard R. Caemmerer, Sr. December 1, 2022
- God’s Call: Forgiveness, Freedom, and Vocation November 24, 2022
- Pressing Reminders from Ed Schroeder (Part 2) November 17, 2022
- Pressing Reminders from Ed Schroeder (Part 1) November 11, 2022
- On Extracting Good News from a Thankless Text. An Example November 3, 2022
- Reflections on the ELCA’s 2022 Churchwide Assembly October 27, 2022
- A Review of David Zahl’s Low Anthropology October 20, 2022
- In Praise of Thanks October 12, 2022
- Extra Nos: An Ordination Sermon October 6, 2022
- Reflections on the Queen’s Funeral September 29, 2022
- On Performative Utterances September 22, 2022
- All Leadership Is Service, All Service Is Leadership September 16, 2022
- Will I Hear the Gospel this Fall? September 8, 2022
- From Finland: Gospel-driven Joy as a Mission Strategy September 1, 2022
- On the Question of Salvation Outside the Church: Luther vs. Luther (Part 3 … August 26, 2022
- On the Question of Salvation Outside the Church: Luther vs. Luther (Part 2 … August 18, 2022
- On the Question of Salvation Outside the Church: Luther vs. Luther (Part 1 … August 11, 2022
- What Preachers are For August 4, 2022
- The Neighborhood of Jesus (A Homily on Luke 10:25-37) July 27, 2022
- How Bach Set the Gospel to Music (A Book Review) July 21, 2022
- Jesus Pressing His Luck (A Layperson’s Sermon on John 17) July 14, 2022
- Raising Christian Children in a Secular World July 6, 2022
- A Time for American Repentance (Part 2) June 29, 2022
- A Time for American Repentance (Part 1) June 22, 2022
- The Ten Commandments as a Resource for Daily Life June 15, 2022
- Becoming Christ’s Body in the World June 9, 2022
- A Review of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s Jesus and John Wayne June 2, 2022
- Luther’s Infamous “On the Jews.” An Assessment (Part 2) May 26, 2022
- Luther’s Infamous “On the Jews.” An Assessment (Part 1) May 17, 2022
- As War Rages in Ukraine: Fresh Thoughts on Forgiveness, Peacemaking, Love May 12, 2022
- Law/Gospel and the Life of the Mind May 4, 2022
- “Reconciled—So Let’s Pray!” A Reflection on Luke 11:5-13 April 27, 2022
- Easter at Ground Level—A Meditation on Baptism April 20, 2022
- The Good News of Jesus Our Judge (An Easter Sermon) April 14, 2022
- Devotion to Jesus? Service to the Poor? An Interpretation of John 12:1-8 April 6, 2022
- Perilous Children: Notes from the Lutheran/Jewish/Evangelical Frontier March 30, 2022
- A Review of Robert Jenson’s A Theology in Outline March 23, 2022
- Beware the Vultures! A Sermon on Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 March 16, 2022
- Getting to Step Six (A Lenten Devotion) March 10, 2022
- The ‘Peace-and-Justice’ Mantra. (An Ed Schroeder Rerun, Part 2) March 3, 2022
- The ‘Peace-and-Justice’ Mantra. (An Ed Schroeder Rerun, Part 1) February 24, 2022
- How Can We Love? February 17, 2022
- Merciful Accompaniment February 10, 2022
- Law, Gospel, and the Purple Church February 2, 2022
- A Way to Pray the Lord’s Prayer January 27, 2022
- The Lord’s Prayer Part 2 January 20, 2022
- The Lord’s Prayer January 13, 2022
- Through Perils Unknown: Thoughts of a Seasoned Pastor in a New Call January 5, 2022
- The Terrifying Promise of Love (A Response to Chris Neumann) December 30, 2021
- Who Will Save the Neighborhood? December 23, 2021
- “The Jesus Vaccine.” A Year-Old Christmas Sermon December 15, 2021
- Christ’s Two Advents December 9, 2021
- When the Ultimate Promise is Terrifying December 2, 2021
- Facing the Sin of Racism November 24, 2021
- “What If?” as a Tool for Law/Gospel Discernment November 18, 2021
- Replaying A Swan Song November 11, 2021
- A Review of Richard Lischer’s The End of Words November 4, 2021
- Remembering Carl F. Schalk—Composer, Teacher, Friend October 28, 2021
- Luke’s Gospel Through a Systematician’s Lens October 20, 2021
- Marriage and the Hard Heart October 13, 2021
- Justification is Not the Gospel? October 6, 2021
- What the Pandemic is Teaching Me about Church September 30, 2021
- Finding Gospel in Mark’s Gospel September 23, 2021
- Getting Sermons to Stick September 15, 2021
- From Prophecy to Promise September 8, 2021
- Lust, Trust, and Scrambled Eggs September 1, 2021
- Good News for the Privileged August 27, 2021
- A New Chapter August 19, 2021
- In the Throes of John 6 August 12, 2021
- A Quick Thought, A Quick Announcement August 5, 2021
- Christ and the Human Condition, 2021 July 29, 2021
- A Parent’s Wedding-Day Dilemma July 20, 2021
- Genuine Freedom July 15, 2021
- Preaching the Prognosis July 8, 2021
- Revisiting Patriotism July 1, 2021
- Why is God “Jealous,” Etc. June 24, 2021
- On Making Decisions in Light of the Gospel June 17, 2021
- God Suffers? June 10, 2021
- The Sound of the Spirit: A Reflection on the Trinity June 2, 2021
- Easter Leftovers 2021 May 26, 2021
- On Being Saved and Bearing Fruit May 20, 2021
- Ed Schroeder on our Lord’s Ascension May 12, 2021
- The Easter Life in Practice (An Example) May 4, 2021
- A New “Commandment”? April 28, 2021
- Better Medicine April 21, 2021
- Why is the Gospel not Preached? A Note to a Friend April 15, 2021
- How the Old Age Works (A Book Review) April 7, 2021
- The Good News in the “Short Ending” of Mark’s Gospel March 31, 2021
- Reading and Reflection for Holy Week March 24, 2021
- Addressing White Supremacy in the Church March 17, 2021
- Caught to be Catchers March 10, 2021
- God-Fearing, God-Praising: A Crossings-style Devotion March 3, 2021
- Mission in the Gospel of Mark February 24, 2021
- The Benefits of Christ for a Fractured America (Initial Thoughts) February 17, 2021
- In the Aftermath of the Riot: Four “I” Words and a Word of Hope February 3, 2021
- Angela Denker’s “Red State Christians.” A Review January 27, 2021
- A Sermon in the Wake of the Capitol Riot January 20, 2021
- First Thoughts on the Sack of the Capitol January 14, 2021
- On Repentance and New Year’s Resolutions January 6, 2021
- A Letter from Coronavirus Prison December 30, 2020
- The Great Gift Exchange December 22, 2020
- The Christmas Verdict December 17, 2020
- What Heaven Is December 9, 2020
- How I Finally Got Advent December 2, 2020
- Mission is Essential! November 25, 2020
- A Timely Sermon on Religion and Politics November 19, 2020
- The Real Surprise of Matthew 25 November 12, 2020
- The Folk Religion of God Bless America, FROGBA Revisited November 6, 2020
- More from “The Lion and the Lamb” October 29, 2020
- Reformation-tide Spin on Law and Gospel (1) October 21, 2020
- Plain(s) Theology for a Pandemic Problem October 15, 2020
- Preach the Gospel! It’s What We Need! October 8, 2020
- Esau McCaulley’s Reading While Black. A Review October 1, 2020
- Offensiveness: Today’s Gospel Imperative. Its Gift Too. September 25, 2020
- Antiracism as the Way of the Cross September 13, 2020
- N.T. Wright’s “God and the Pandemic.” A Review September 3, 2020
- Heavenly Places? That’s You August 27, 2020
- The Jesus Mask August 20, 2020
- Ed Schroeder on Thankfulness August 13, 2020
- The Lord’s Prayer as a Prayer for Mission August 6, 2020
- Mask or No Mask? Crossing Elisha and Dr. Fauci August 3, 2020
- Best Practices for the Post-Pandemic Church July 26, 2020
- The Peril and Promise of Holy Love July 16, 2020
- Ed Schroeder on Faith and Risk July 10, 2020
- Crossing Our American Moment through Psalm 13 July 2, 2020
- Glimpses of Easter: The Eucharist as a Visual Gift June 25, 2020
- Law or Gospel? A Follow-up to the Post of June 11 June 18, 2020
- George Floyd as a Summons to Lutheran Repentance June 11, 2020
- Pentecost as God’s Answer to the Mess We are In June 4, 2020
- How a Church Can Dare to Die–or Live May 28, 2020
- Ascended Indeed. Alleluia! May 21, 2020
- Covid-19 and the Judgment of God May 14, 2020
- On Earth As in Heaven May 11, 2020
- “And There’s No Other God.” A Reprise for Today April 30, 2020
- Hope to Cope April 23, 2020
- “No Going Back.” An Easter Sermon April 16, 2020
- Who’s On Trial Here? April 9, 2020
- Hope and Meaning as the Virus Swirls April 2, 2020
- Hope and Meaning as the Virus Swirls March 26, 2020
- Repentance and Faith for Pandemic Days March 19, 2020
- Believing is Seeing March 12, 2020
- Promise vs. Panic: Using Christ When COVID-19 Lurks March 5, 2020
- Learning to Beg February 27, 2020
- Mixed Observations, All Brief February 21, 2020
- A Valentine’s Gift for Gloomy Lutherans February 13, 2020
- Whose Trial? February 6, 2020
- The Homiletical Bind: Preaching Law and Gospel in the Congregation February 4, 2020
- More Scraps on the Politics of Epiphany January 30, 2020
- The Politics of Epiphany January 23, 2020
- Mission in St. Matthew January 16, 2020
- Chad Bird on the Baptism of Jesus January 9, 2020
- Sheep, Goats—and Gospel? A New Year’s Homily January 1, 2020
- A Thought for Christmas and a Conference Invitation December 20, 2019
- The Original “Christmas Crossing” December 12, 2019
- “When God is Silent.” A Sermon December 5, 2019
- On the Thanks We Render Today November 29, 2019
- “How Can I ‘See’ Jesus?” November 21, 2019
- Christian Decline in America: The Pew Report November 14, 2019
- Gospel Agents as “Trackers” November 7, 2019
- Why Luther’s First Thesis Still Matters October 31, 2019
- Talking Faithfully About Justification October 24, 2019
- A Dose of Bertram in Anticipation of Reformation Sunday October 10, 2019
- “Shut Up, Already!” Part Two October 3, 2019
- “Shut Up, Already!” Part One September 26, 2019
- “Why?” September 19, 2019
- “What Else Shall We Preach?” A Homily September 12, 2019
- A Labor Day Challenge September 5, 2019
- Two Wings of Effective Mission August 29, 2019
- What Is God Doing? August 22, 2019
- The “Freedom” Struggle: Another Tussle with St. Paul August 14, 2019
- To Give the Laity their Priestly Due: An Ongoing Lutheran Challenge August 8, 2019
- On Parenting in 2019: A Law-Gospel Reflection August 1, 2019
- Our Christian Shame July 25, 2019
- Good News for Chronic Sufferers July 18, 2019
- “What I Learned from Ed Schroeder” (Part 2) July 11, 2019
- A Patriot’s Puzzle July 3, 2019
- “What I Learned from Ed Schroeder” June 27, 2019
- The Elevating Promise of God-Brought-Low June 20, 2019
- Why the Reformation Matters Today (Part 2) June 12, 2019
- Why the Reformation Matters Today June 6, 2019
- Christ, Not Cyrus—Thank God! May 30, 2019
- Our Priestly Mission May 23, 2019
- Easter Mission at Courtside: A Coach’s Reflection May 16, 2019
- Religion “Rebranded” May 9, 2019
- In Ed-ifying Memory May 2, 2019
- Faith as Evidence of the Resurrection: A Theme in St. John’s Easter Accou… April 25, 2019
- Looking at the Passion through the Wrong End of Exodus, and Other Notes for… April 18, 2019
- Anticipating Easter: A Sermon on Luke 24 April 11, 2019
- A Surprising Paucity of “Forgiveness” April 4, 2019
- Where is God When Disaster Strikes? March 28, 2019
- The Gospel at E. 93rd and Kinsman March 21, 2019
- Why I Detest the Expression “People of Faith” March 16, 2019
- Giving Thanks for Ed Schroeder (Repost of “The Care and Redemption of… March 14, 2019
- “Will No One Have the Guts to be a Sinner?” (Part 1) March 7, 2019
- A special message from Crossings, about Edward H. Schroeder March 2, 2019
- Why I Detest the Expression “People of Faith” March 1, 2019
- Mission of God: Gospel of Luke February 21, 2019
- A Review of Brian Stanley’s “Christianity in the Twentieth Century: A… February 7, 2019
- Honest-to-God Gospel Meets the Dying World February 1, 2019
- “To Be” or Not “To Be”: A Question to Ask When Reading St. Paul January 24, 2019
- How God’s Law Works: Epiphanies from a Fiction Writer January 17, 2019
- Why Jesus’ Baptism Matters for Jesus’ Missionaries January 10, 2019
- A Preacher Still on Trial January 3, 2019
- “A Little Dirt for Christmas.” A Sermon. December 20, 2018
- Reflections on Mission: A Starting Point December 13, 2018
- The Preacher’s Task: Robert W. Bertram to Lori Cornell (and Every Pro… December 6, 2018
- Getting real about sin on Reformation Sunday October 30, 2018
- 1) A Quick Note on Mark 7 for this Sunday. 2) An Impending Transition. August 30, 2018
- Humanity coram Deo – Pieces of a 1947 Lecture by Werner Elert August 9, 2018
- A Crossings Love Story August 9, 2018
- Pentecost is for Preaching: Part 2 August 9, 2018
- Peter Keyel on the Usefulness of Superhero Movies July 19, 2018
- The Use of Romans 13 June 28, 2018
- Two Takes on God’s Unfolding Apocalypse, American Style May 31, 2018
- God Hidden/God Revealed—an Essential Bertram Corrective, per Matthew Becker… May 24, 2018
- God Hidden/God Revealed—an Essential Bertram Corrective, per Matthew Becker… May 17, 2018
- God Hidden/God Revealed; according to Werner Elert, via Matthew Becker (Par… May 3, 2018
- God Hidden/God Revealed; according to Werner Elert, via Matthew Becker (Par… April 26, 2018
- More Easter Bits and Pieces from John 20 April 19, 2018
- Anticipating Easter. A Rerun. March 22, 2018
- Some Essential “Crossings” Theology in Plain English, Continued. (Part Two … February 22, 2018
- Some Essential “Crossings” Theology in Plain English. (Part One of a Keynot… February 8, 2018
- The Word Became This Flesh December 28, 2017
- No “Mission” in Luther? A Re-examination (Part 3 of 3) December 14, 2017
- No “Mission” in Luther? A Re-examination (Part 2 of 3) December 7, 2017
- Reflections on Luther the Person, Part 2 November 23, 2017
- Reflections on Luther the Person, Part 1. (With Quick Notes on the Forthcom… November 16, 2017
- A Reformation Day Epistle October 31, 2017
- “Think Gospel, Preach Christ!” Lessons from Elert for Today’s Church (Part … October 26, 2017
- “Think Gospel, Preach Christ!” Lessons from Elert for Today’s Church (Part … October 19, 2017
- “Think Gospel, Preach Christ!” Lessons from Elert for Today’s Church (Part … October 12, 2017
- Ecumenical Preaching September 14, 2017
- Reading the Hurricanes September 7, 2017
- Why Jesus? A Preacher’s Mission-Minded Reflections June 8, 2017
- Caveat Caesar, Emerging from the Shadows, and Other Thoughts for Easter April 6, 2017
- The Eerie Wonder of Tennessee Jack Daniels March 24, 2017
- Steven Kuhl on “Reformation Spirituality” (Part Two) March 9, 2017
- Steven Kuhl on “Reformation Spirituality” March 2, 2017
- The Pastor’s Job February 18, 2017
- The American Myth February 4, 2017
- What Does It Mean “To Follow Jesus”? Tips from Ed Schroeder January 13, 2017
- Theology for Third Graders on the Cusp of Christmas December 23, 2016
- Werner Elert on Truth, and Why It Matters December 16, 2016
- Post-Election Conversation; the January Seminar November 29, 2016
- The necessity of Christ for his Christians, post-election November 16, 2016
- Justification by Faith at Ground Level (An Example) October 31, 2016
- Bill Burrows on Spirit, Church, Gospel, and the Centrality of Christ October 6, 2016
- An Assortment of Readers’ Responses September 29, 2016
- Two Questions for the Baptized Person (Part Three of a Keynote Address) September 15, 2016
- An Approach to “Discerning the Spirit” (Part Two of a Keynote Address) September 8, 2016
- The Confounding Gospel (Part One of a Keynote Address) September 1, 2016
- A Timely Look at Pentecostalism through a Law-and-Gospel Lens (Part Three) August 18, 2016
- A Timely Look at Pentecostalism through a Law-and-Gospel Lens (Part Two) August 11, 2016
- A Timely Look at Pentecostalism through a Law-and-Gospel Lens (Part One) July 28, 2016
- The Donald and Me July 14, 2016
- Ed Schroeder on Kingdoms and The Kingdom. A July 4th Special June 30, 2016
- The Gerasene Demoniac, a Strange Yet Timely Text June 22, 2016
- Easter Leftovers, especially a Nagging Question about John 20:23 June 2, 2016
- 1) Robert Kolb on Why Luther Matters Today (A Reading Tip). 2) Christ and &… May 5, 2016
- A Sunday Morning Explanation of the Liturgy April 23, 2016
- Easter Unfolding. A Gift from Amy C. Schifrin. Part 2 April 14, 2016
- Easter Unfolding. A Gift from Amy C. Schifrin. Part 1 April 14, 2016
- A Scientist’s Easter Witness March 31, 2016
- Rob Saler on the Publicly Engaged Church, Part 2 (Rich Fare for Holy Week) March 20, 2016
- A Most Timely Essay on “The Spirit and the Publicly Engaged Church” March 12, 2016
- Steve Turnbull on “The New Humanity,” Part 2. March 12, 2016
- Steve Turnbull on “The New Humanity.” A Must-Read for Holy Week. Part… March 12, 2016
- Two Covenants, not One. A Book Review February 19, 2016
- A Gift for Lent from Jill Peláez Baumgaertner, Poet and Theologian February 13, 2016
- Last Week’s Sixth Crossings Conference. A Quick Review February 4, 2016
- Ed Schroeder Weighs in on “Radical Hospitality” January 14, 2016
- “What Time Is It?” (A Sermon Suited for New Year’s Day) December 31, 2015
- Angles on Angels, and on Genuine Christmas Peace December 17, 2015
- A Call for Reformation as a Church Year Dawns December 3, 2015
- Listen to the Veterans, Part 2. Counsel for a “Non-Religious” V… November 19, 2015
- “Will No One Have the Guts to be a Sinner?” —Preface and Ur-tex… November 6, 2015
- War Can’t Be Just. Listen to the Veterans November 5, 2015
- A Christian Approach to Interfaith Relations October 8, 2015
- Three Distinctions to Make when Reading the Bible September 24, 2015
- “Third Use,” Round Two. A Citation from Luther September 10, 2015
- A “Third Use” of the Law? Doest the Formula Say That? Does the … August 13, 2015
- A Belated “Duh!” on “Take Up [Your] Cross and Follow Me.&… August 6, 2015
- How the Parable of the Good Samaritan is Good News, aka Gospel July 9, 2015
- Augsburg and Charleston June 25, 2015
- Ed Schroeder on the Tim Frakes Documentary, “Seminex: Memories of a C… June 18, 2015
- Getting Back on Track, with a Report from the Mockingbird Conference June 11, 2015
- On Faith. Eleven Bertram Theses, Newly Unearthed. April 2, 2015
- Death, Life, and Baptism (3) March 26, 2015
- Death, Life, and Baptism (2) March 19, 2015
- Death, Life, and Baptism (1) March 12, 2015
- “Fail, for Christ’s sake!” A Dose of Luther for Lent, 2015 February 26, 2015
- “Fail, for Christ’s sake!” A Dose of Luther for Lent, 2015 February 26, 2015
- Unearthing Gospel Gold—the Essay, Part II February 19, 2015
- Unearthing Gospel Gold—the Essay, Part I February 12, 2015
- a) “Unearthing Gospel Gold,” a Seminar, with a Nudge from Taiwan. b) Felde … January 15, 2015
- Describing the Law/Gospel Distinction: The Fuller Version January 1, 2015
- “Joy and the Christmas Burglar”: A sermon for Christmas Eve December 25, 2014
- A Stab at Describing the Law/Gospel Distinction December 11, 2014
- “Sheep? Goat? Try ‘Member of the Family.’” The Real Surprise of Mat… November 20, 2014
- Homily on the anniversary of an ordination November 13, 2014
- Luther on the Ten Virgins—and the Surprising Source for This November 6, 2014
- Something Greater Than Justice.” A Post-Ferguson Reflection October 30, 2014
- More Musings on ‘Justification’ October 23, 2014
- Original Sin October 16, 2014
- Octoberish Orts. 1) Richard Dawkins, Fundamentalist? 2) Romans 3 in English… October 9, 2014
- An MD’s “Crossing” of DOCTORED. The Disillusionment of an American Physicia… October 2, 2014
- Book Review: DOCTORED. The Disillusionment of an American Physician September 25, 2014
- Tracking Guardians of the Galaxy September 18, 2014
- Good News for the Disconnected? September 11, 2014
- What Happens on the Cross? An Interchange and Conversation, Part 2 September 4, 2014
- What Happens on the Cross? An Interchange and Conversation Part 1 August 28, 2014
- A Rite for Labor Day August 21, 2014
- Why We Ordain August 14, 2014
- Eschatology as a Function of the Gospel August 7, 2014
- Adding the Gospel July 31, 2014
- On Hope and Ignorance: Gleanings from the Mission Field July 24, 2014
- Seminaries are the problem, not the solution. July 17, 2014
- Augsburg, Ramadan, and ISIS July 10, 2014
- Response to Jungkuntz homily July 3, 2014
- Jesus and Evolution? Seriously! (A Book Review) June 19, 2014
- Book Review: FROM THE OXUS RIVER TO THE CHINESE SHORES: Studies on East Syr… June 12, 2014
- Book Review: DON’T KILL THE MESSENGER! by Donald Ray Soeken June 5, 2014
- The Daily Life of the Christian, Part 2 May 29, 2014
- The Daily Life of the Christian, Part 1 May 22, 2014
- Book Review: SABBATH AS RESISTANCE by Walter Brueggemann May 15, 2014
- Two Recent Samples of Easter Confession, Thomas-style May 8, 2014
- The Agony of the Empty Preacher April 10, 2014
- The Holy Thing of Holy Week April 3, 2014
- A Grass-roots Theologian on the Faith-Works Connection March 27, 2014
- A Lenten Labyrinth March 18, 2014
- What the Bishop Said about “Repent,” and other Post-Conference … March 13, 2014
- African Realities Today Through Lutheran Lenses January 18, 2014
- The Good News of St. Matthew’s Genealogy January 9, 2014
- Can One “Preach” the Law? An Interchange, Part 2 January 2, 2014
- Can One “Preach” the Law? An Interchange, Part 1 December 26, 2013
- Campus Ministry December 19, 2013
- Advent Orts (on Mandela; the Promise; Francis and Joy; Justice; Certitude) December 12, 2013
- On Religions, Liturgies, Distinctions—and a Huge Difference. A Book Revie… December 5, 2013
- “One for All and All in One”: A pitch for your presence at the … November 28, 2013
- Genetic Engineering November 7, 2013
- #800 Pop-Cultural Theologies of Glory October 31, 2013
- #799 Justification by Grace through Faith”: What Does This Mean? October 24, 2013
- #798 The Quest October 17, 2013
- #797 The Passive Church. An Argument in its Favor. October 3, 2013
- #744 A reading of St. Mark, Crossings-style (Part 3) September 13, 2013
- #796 The Lazarus Story September 12, 2013
- #795 Liturgy and Gospel: A Snippet of Pastoral Counsel September 5, 2013
- #794 More Ways Than One to Preach a Text August 29, 2013
- #793 Orts: 1. On rules. 2. Concerning the hidebound. 3. On missing the poin… August 22, 2013
- #792 The ELCA’s New Bishop August 15, 2013
- #791 Sin, Sight, and a Vision of God August 8, 2013
- #790 1) A Christ-confessing Mystery. 2) A Brief Christ-confessing “Ah… August 1, 2013
- #789 The Gospel Lives! July 25, 2013
- #788 An Exemplary Conversation (2) July 23, 2013
- #787 An Exemplary Conversation (1) July 11, 2013
- #786 Kumbaya Revisited July 4, 2013
- #785 A Life and Ministry Shaped by the Good Shepherd June 28, 2013
- #784 Preaching and the teleological temptation June 21, 2013
- #783 Reexamining the “face of God” metaphor June 14, 2013
- #782 Seeing the face of God June 6, 2013
- #781 The Awards Ceremony Address You Wish Your Child Might Have Heard May 30, 2013
- #780 The teacher’s calling, especially in a parochial school May 23, 2013
- #779 Musings on Ministry and the Holy Spirit May 16, 2013
- #778 Luther as Mission Theologian May 10, 2013
- #777 Some Uncommon Common Sense about “Mission” May 3, 2013
- #776 The Preacher’s Audience: Participation in the Mystery April 27, 2013
- #775 The Preacher’s Audience: Some Give and Take April 18, 2013
- #774 “Full Communion” Relationships and the Mission of Christ, … April 13, 2013
- #773 “Full Communion” Relationships and the Mission of Christ April 4, 2013
- #772 Where is Jesus in the “Talents” Parables? An Angle on the … March 28, 2013
- #771 Idolatry and the Gun Debate March 21, 2013
- #770 The Preacher’s Audience March 14, 2013
- #769 Judgment Day (Part 2) March 7, 2013
- #768 Judgment Day (Part 1) February 28, 2013
- #767 The Deified Gun February 21, 2013
- #766 Ash Wednesday Musings, with a Nudge from Machiavelli February 14, 2013
- #765 God’s deadly diagnosis February 9, 2013
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- #762 Nervy Faith, or How to Appall a Pietist January 17, 2013
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- #760 See my lawyer January 3, 2013
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- #758 Christmas Preaching in the Wake of Sandy Hook December 20, 2012
- #757 Book review—THE DIVORCE OF SEX AND MARRIAGE by Robert W. Bertram December 13, 2012
- #756 Book review—BROKEN HALLELUJAHS by Christian Scharen December 6, 2012
- #755 A Perfect World November 29, 2012
- #754 An Observation on Bertram’s First Question November 24, 2012
- #753 Thankfulness November 15, 2012
- #752 Six questions for any text or sermon November 8, 2012
- #751 The Cultural Roots of Schism (Part 2) November 1, 2012
- #750 On Being Special, or Not. A Double Crossing. October 25, 2012
- #749 Manichean America October 18, 2012
- #748 The Cultural Roots of Schism (Part 1) October 11, 2012
- #747 A reading of St. Mark, Crossings-style (Part 5) October 4, 2012
- #746 A reading of St. Mark, Crossings-style (Part 4) September 27, 2012
- #745 Ed Schroeder Reports from Toronto September 20, 2012
- #743 A reading of St. Mark, Crossings-style (Part 2) September 6, 2012
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- The way, the truth, and the life August 23, 2012
- John’s Gospel and Christian Unity, Conclusion August 16, 2012
- John’s Gospel and Christian Unity, Part Three August 9, 2012
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- Remembering Werner Elert – Fiftieth Annversary of his Death November 18, 2004
- Luther’s Birthday and American Politics November 11, 2004
- Eulogy Plus Gospel – A Case Study: David Truemper, R.I.P. November 4, 2004
- Reflections for Reformation Day October 28, 2004
- Eulogies at Christian Funerals–Some Second Opinions October 21, 2004
- How to Give a Eulogy October 14, 2004
- Faith as Surrender (Revisited) October 7, 2004
- Responses received to the last two postings: “9-11 on the Third Anniv… September 30, 2004
- THE LUTHERAN surrenders September 23, 2004
- 9-11 on the Third Anniversary September 16, 2004
- Missiology at the IAMS 2004 International Meeting – An Elephant in th… September 9, 2004
- Missiology at the IAMS 2004 International Meeting – An Elephant in th… September 2, 2004
- Deconstructing the Concept of MISSIO DEI “in the Light of the Gospel.… August 26, 2004
- Is Robert Gagnon, the New Glue for Linking “Conservatives” in E… August 19, 2004
- Some Reverie Brought on by Renate Bethge’s Bonhoeffer Book August 12, 2004
- Renate’s Bethge’s Book on Bonhoeffer – A Review August 5, 2004
- Is There a Hole in the Net of the “Word Alone Network?” July 29, 2004
- Faith in EXTREME Daily Life July 22, 2004
- Closure on Singapore–Well, Not Quite July 15, 2004
- Two Conflicting Texts on the Fourth of July July 8, 2004
- Singapore Postscript II — Vietnam and Myanmar (once Burma) July 1, 2004
- Singapore Postscript I June 24, 2004
- Theology of the Cross. A Singapore Congregational Presentation June 17, 2004
- The Dark Side of Humanity – a Lutheran Take, a Pastoral Caution and C… June 3, 2004
- What about Jesus’ Miracles? May 27, 2004
- The “So What” Factor May 20, 2004
- Discipleship–Lutheran Style May 13, 2004
- Some spin-offs from Justification by Faith Alone May 6, 2004
- Justification by Faith Alone April 29, 2004
- “God-Sized” Task to Tame Fallujah April 22, 2004
- Gibson’s “Passion” film, one more time April 15, 2004
- Another Look at Gibson’s Film “The Passion of the Christ” April 8, 2004
- Mel Gibson’s Movie: THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST April 1, 2004
- John Damm’s Homily at John Tietjen’s Funeral March 25, 2004
- First signals from Singapore March 18, 2004
- Bob Bertram in memoriam, Part II March 11, 2004
- Lenten Reverie. First Anniversary of Bob Bertram’s Death. March 4, 2004
- Mission Affirmations Run Through a Law-Promise Sieve February 26, 2004
- Your Responses to recent ThTh Postings February 19, 2004
- Book Review of Martin Marty’s MARTIN LUTHER February 12, 2004
- Your God is Too Small February 5, 2004
- John Tietjen’s Sermon on Confessing Christ January 29, 2004
- Seminex at Thirty. Random Ramblings for an Anniversary January 22, 2004
- “Lord, Bless This Mess, Please!” A Sermon at the Daystar Confer… January 15, 2004
- The LCMS Mission Affirmations of 1965–Then and Now January 8, 2004
- 2004 Won’t be a Happy New Year in the USA, So Long As . . . . January 1, 2004
- Confessing the faith on Christmas Day in the Morning December 25, 2003
- Third Use of the Law–One More Time December 18, 2003
- Jaroslav Pelikan and Roland Bainton–Just before Christmas December 11, 2003
- Faith Place December 4, 2003
- Martin Marty’s SPEAKING OF TRUST. A Review. November 27, 2003
- The Reformation. What was it all about? November 20, 2003
- Third Use of the Law and “Valparaiso” Theology – A Book R… November 13, 2003
- Third Use of the Law and “Valparaiso Theology” – A Book R… November 6, 2003
- Proposal: When Jesus says: “That they may all be one,” he’… October 30, 2003
- The God Question October 23, 2003
- Book Review – J.A. Nestingen: MARTIN LUTHER: A LIFE October 16, 2003
- Theses on “Biblical Authority and Biblical Hermeneutics” by Wer… October 9, 2003
- Another Look at the “ELCA Study on Sexuality: Part Two” October 2, 2003
- Andrew Weyermann in memoriam September 25, 2003
- (Still) In Bondage to Biblicism – “ELCA Study on Sexuality: Par… September 18, 2003
- What’s in a Name? September 11, 2003
- How I Spent my Sabbatical September 4, 2003
- Rescue from the Darkness of Captivity August 28, 2003
- Crossing Workplace Slavery with Freedom in Christ August 21, 2003
- Book Review by Robin Morgan August 14, 2003
- R.W.Bertram on REVELATION (Posted in two parts. This is Part II) August 7, 2003
- R.W.Bertram on REVELATION – Posted in two parts. This is Part I July 31, 2003
- Bertram’s “Heretical”? Theology and the Missouri Synod na… July 24, 2003
- Missouri Synod / Seminex / Bethel Church In Crisis (Part II – Conclus… July 17, 2003
- Missouri Synod / Seminex / Bethel Church In Crisis (Part I) July 10, 2003
- A Crossing from Psalm 118: What Makes Those Rejects Sing? July 3, 2003
- Timothy F. Lull – In Memoriam June 26, 2003
- ELCA Publication on Homosexuality – Short on Promise, Long on Law June 19, 2003
- Reader Response to the Wine/Wineskins of Contemporary Worship June 12, 2003
- Schroeder Summer Sabbatical June 5, 2003
- “Church of Joy” theology–right here in St. Louis, Part II… May 29, 2003
- “Church of Joy” theology–right here in St. Louis May 22, 2003
- Christians in Time of War–Hitler’s Germany, Today’s Ameri… May 15, 2003
- Gospel and Community Church of Joy [CCOJ], Part 2 May 8, 2003
- Which Gospel Creates a “Community of Joy?” May 1, 2003
- The Eastering of Robert W. Bertram April 27, 2003
- Voices from Australia: One on Armageddon, one on the Holy Spirit April 24, 2003
- The Day of Jesus Embedded in the Tomb April 19, 2003
- Shock and Awe in Time of War, Part II April 10, 2003
- Shock and Awe–at the Power of Death or the Power of Life? April 3, 2003
- “Your Gospel is too Small.” A Look at 2 Recent ELCA publication… March 27, 2003
- The Reverend Dr. Robert W. Bertram International Lutheran Theologian, Inter… March 20, 2003
- Is it Still Worth Being a Lutheran? March 13, 2003
- A Review of William Lazareth’s “Christians in Society: Luther, … March 6, 2003
- The Folk Religion of “God Bless America” – Revisited February 27, 2003
- Lay Leadership at the Lord’s Supper February 20, 2003
- The Folk Religion of “God Bless America” [FROGBA] – A Cro… February 13, 2003
- Aarhus Revisited – Theology Where the Rubber Hits the Road. From: Rob… February 6, 2003
- The Theology of President Bush’s 2003 “State of the Union”… January 30, 2003
- Aarhus Conference by Fred Niedner and Dave Truemper January 23, 2003
- FELLOWSHIP AT THE LORD’S SUPPER January 16, 2003
- So you want to be a priest, then? January 9, 2003
- Luther as Resource for Mission Theology January 2, 2003
- To fear or not to fear? December 26, 2002
- Peace on Earth in Bethlehem 2002. A Blue Christmas? December 19, 2002
- Semper Fideles (Always Faithful) at a Time of War December 12, 2002
- Advent Letter from Bethlehem & Apocalypse Now December 5, 2002
- Thanksgiving. A Gratitude Attitude? Not Really November 28, 2002
- Interfaith Prayer November 21, 2002
- Book Review – Colin Chapman’s WHOSE PROMISED LAND? THE CONTINUI… November 14, 2002
- You’re in Charge and I’m Not by Robin Morgan November 7, 2002
- The Festival of the Reformation October 31, 2002
- Law and Gospel Theology: An Unused Resource for Social Ministry October 24, 2002
- Christians Amidst the Bali Massacre October 17, 2002
- Luther’s essay ON WAR AGAINST THE TURK October 10, 2002
- The Lord’s Supper: How open, how close? October 3, 2002
- Exodus: A Saving Event? (One more time. Might it be the last?) September 26, 2002
- Regime Change and the Word of God. Some Theological Reflections September 19, 2002
- R-words for September 11 September 12, 2002
- Luther and Islam at the Tenth International Congress for Luther Research, A… September 5, 2002
- Willingen II (2002), The 50th Anniversary Congress on “Missio DeiR… August 29, 2002
- A Baptism Serendipity August 22, 2002
- A Theology of Acceptance – Part 2 Edward H. Schroeder Proceedings of the 19… August 15, 2002
- A Theology of Acceptance, Part 1 Edward H. Schroeder Proceedings of the 196… August 8, 2002
- Now About the Risks Involved… Edward H. Schroeder “Interaction,… August 1, 2002
- “Where on Earth are the Heavenly Places?” Edward H. Schroeder I… July 25, 2002
- The Economy of Forgiveness July 18, 2002
- The Exodus: a Saving Event? Not Really [Part 2] July 11, 2002
- Till the Night Be Past: The Life and Times of Dietrich Bonhoeffer July 4, 2002
- The World Trade Center Revisited June 27, 2002
- The Exodus, a Saving Event? Not Really June 20, 2002
- Grabbing at Jesus June 13, 2002
- Mission Theology for the 21st Century June 6, 2002
- Update from Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem May 30, 2002
- From a Crossings Colleague in Beirut, Lebanon: “How the Israel-Palest… May 23, 2002
- The Church’s Authority and Homosexuality May 16, 2002
- Richard John Neuhaus, A Mystery No More [Part 2] May 9, 2002
- Richard John Neuhaus, A Mystery No More May 2, 2002
- A Tribute to Irmgard Koch April 25, 2002
- Jesus Through Jewish Eyes April 18, 2002
- Just how good is the theology of GOD BLESS AMERICA? April 11, 2002
- Christian reports on the Israeli Invasion of Palestine April 4, 2002
- Creation Spirituality – an Other Gospel March 28, 2002
- Prayer and Providence March 21, 2002
- Six Months After Sept. 11 March 14, 2002
- “Pardon My Dying: A Sequel to Ash Wednesday” March 7, 2002
- Desert Theology and Lenten Piety February 28, 2002
- Richard Lyon’s Crossing – A Funeral Sermon February 21, 2002
- A Lenten Parable: Babette’s Feast February 14, 2002
- The Gospel covers the Greatest Sin (and which sin, pray tell, is that?) February 7, 2002
- Mostly Mission, Some Miscellanea January 31, 2002
- Grounding One’s Theology in the Gospel, when the issue is Homosexuali… January 24, 2002
- Grounding One’s Theology in the Gospel, When the Issue is Homosexuali… January 17, 2002
- Hildegard of Bingen by Robin Morgan January 10, 2002
- Mission and Tradition January 3, 2002
- Year’s End Summary: the Hassle about the Gospel December 27, 2001
- Even So, Lord Jesus, Come Quickly December 20, 2001
- Sermons Empty of Gospel : Part 3 December 13, 2001
- Sermons Empty of Gospel: Part 2 December 6, 2001
- Sermons Empty of Gospel November 29, 2001
- Responses to ThTh #179 “Repentance and Apocalypse Now” November 22, 2001
- Repentance and Apocalypse Now November 15, 2001
- Repentance is not Popular–Neither in our Nation, nor in our Church November 8, 2001
- The Conflict on Mission Theology in the ELCA November 1, 2001
- Lutheran Theology for Mission October 25, 2001
- National Repentance #6: Proclaiming Repentance in the Public Square October 18, 2001
- National Repentance #5. (I wish it were the last one.) October 11, 2001
- For a Nation to Repent (Continued) #4 October 4, 2001
- A Letter to President George W. Bush September 27, 2001
- Terror and Repentance, Part II September 20, 2001
- Coping with Terror–the Missing “R” Word September 13, 2001
- Getting married in church September 6, 2001
- The Law’s So-called “Third Use” August 30, 2001
- 2001 Churchwide Assembly by Robin Morgan August 23, 2001
- The Mission Scene in Bali Today: Post-Denominational Church History 2001 August 16, 2001
- Empire-building infects us all August 9, 2001
- What Women Clergy Have Taught Me August 2, 2001
- Organized Congregation – An Oxymoron? – Part 4 (Finale) July 26, 2001
- Ninety-Five Theses on Church Control July 19, 2001
- Organized Congregation – An Oxymoron? – Part 3 July 12, 2001
- The Organized Congregation – An Oxymoron? Part 2: Reader Responses July 5, 2001
- Homosexuality revisited June 28, 2001
- Armenian Orthodox Church’s 1700th (sic!) anniversary plus other churc… June 21, 2001
- The Organized Congregation. An Oxymoron? June 14, 2001
- Urban Ministry and the Historic Episcopate June 7, 2001
- Pastor in a Country Church May 31, 2001
- The Call to Common Mission [CCM] – One More Time May 24, 2001
- The People of God in the Holy Land Today May 17, 2001
- Eucharistic Community: A Canadian Case Study May 10, 2001
- Responses to ThTh 148:”Easter without Eucharist. Feast or Fast?”… May 3, 2001
- The Theology of West Wing April 26, 2001
- Easter Message from the Holy Land April 19, 2001
- Easter without Eucharist. Feast or Fast? April 12, 2001
- The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and Lutherans in Eastern Europe.… April 5, 2001
- Dark Gethsemane: A Lenten Message from the Holy Land March 29, 2001
- The Missouri Synod’s Presence in Eastern European Lutheranism March 22, 2001
- Ferment within the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion March 15, 2001
- Self-Reflections for Ash Wednesday March 8, 2001
- Lutheran Missiology–Oxymoron? Part II March 1, 2001
- Lutheran Missiology: An Oxymoron? February 22, 2001
- Letter from the Lutheran Bishop of Jerusalem to US President George W. Bush February 15, 2001
- Justification – An Eastern Orthodox Perspective February 8, 2001
- Salvation. What is it Really? February 1, 2001
- Responses to Non-Western Theology January 25, 2001
- Non-Western Theology, Part 2 – The Stress in Letting the “Kids… January 18, 2001
- Samplings from Non-Western Christianity January 11, 2001
- Theology of Nature – Two Lutherans’ Viewpoints January 4, 2001
- Thoughts of a Manger December 28, 2000
- Christmas 2000 in Bethlehem December 21, 2000
- Reflections on the Message of the Advent Season December 14, 2000
- Roman Catholic – Eastern Orthodox Rapprochement December 7, 2000
- Crossings Theology: Roots and Branches November 30, 2000
- A Book Review on “Proclaiming the Scandal.” November 23, 2000
- A Crossing for Thanksgiving Day 2000 November 16, 2000
- Christian Conversation with an Ex-Marxist November 9, 2000
- Palestinian Lutherans in Today’s War Zone (Continuation of ThTh #124) November 2, 2000
- Macedonian Call from Palestinian Christians (that you haven’t seen on… October 26, 2000
- Historic Episcopacy and the ELCA – Responses from Readers October 19, 2000
- The debate within the ELCA about HE-succession (continued) October 12, 2000
- Greater Accuracy on the ELCA’s agreement with US Episcopalians October 5, 2000
- Reader Response on Necessitating Christ in Preaching September 28, 2000
- Luther’s Theology of Mission September 21, 2000
- Response to Sermon September 14, 2000
- Two Letters 1: Out of Africa — Some Observations 2: How ugly evil is… September 7, 2000
- Unity of the Church:the ELCA’s In-House Controversy on the Historic E… August 31, 2000
- Readers’ Responses August 24, 2000
- Preaching the Gospel (again!) August 17, 2000
- Common Christological Declaration of the Catholic Church and the Assyrian C… August 10, 2000
- Nestorius and the Nestorian Church August 3, 2000
- Requests from Bishops July 27, 2000
- Reader Responses July 20, 2000
- Women Pastors – Christ’s Gifts to the Church July 13, 2000
- Church Discipline July 6, 2000
- Coping with Chaos June 29, 2000
- The Ownership Question- Whose We Are June 22, 2000
- Missiology in the Orthodox Seminary in Albania June 15, 2000
- Mission Theology Begins with a Sad Message June 8, 2000
- The Order of Philippi – A Crossings Spin-off June 1, 2000
- Two Theology Classes in St. Louis May 25, 2000
- Dysfunctional Authority–in Families and in Churches May 18, 2000
- Christological Difficulties at IAMS 10 – Part II May 11, 2000
- Street Ministry May 4, 2000
- Grace Notes – Two of them April 27, 2000
- A Time for Confessing in the Missouri Synod (continued) April 20, 2000
- A Time for Confessing in the Missouri SYnod April 13, 2000
- Book Review — “Reviving Sacred Speech” by Gail Ramshaw April 6, 2000
- Christology at the Tenth I.A.M.S. Missiology Conference March 30, 2000
- A book on Authority in the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. March 23, 2000
- Fasting & The Resurrection of the Body March 16, 2000
- Faith/Works Conundrum Responses March 9, 2000
- The Faith/Works Conundrum March 2, 2000
- A Book Review of FAITH ALOUD: DOING THEOLOGY FROM THE HYMNS IN PAPUA NEW GU… February 24, 2000
- The Law and Promise Hermeneutic in a Postmodern Context February 17, 2000
- What Kind of Fool am I? A Reflection on the Same-Sex Marriage Debate February 10, 2000
- Lutheran Theology and Chinese Religion February 3, 2000
- A Pastor’s Accountability in Church Growth January 27, 2000
- “Gospel Basics For Adults” – A curriculum for new members January 20, 2000
- Postmodernism and truth: a theological perspective January 13, 2000
- Living with Two Calendars January 6, 2000
- Whose Church is it Anyway? December 30, 1999
- “The Grace of God has Appeared.” Which Grace? December 23, 1999
- Readers’ Response plus Two Macedonian Calls December 16, 1999
- The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Lutheran-Roman Catholic Consensus December 9, 1999
- The Gospel as Advent Theology December 2, 1999
- Mission in the New Millenium – A South African Voice November 25, 1999
- Readers’ Feedback: “How does Jesus on the cross make a differen… November 18, 1999
- Measuring sermons to see if they’re Gospel November 11, 1999
- Being Like God’s Widow: Reflections on Freedom and the Stewardship of… November 4, 1999
- Some Reflections on the Theology of Bishop I Wayan Mastra October 28, 1999
- What is Safe? October 21, 1999
- Reflections on the Mango Tree Church October 7, 1999
- Book Review — The Mango Tree Church September 30, 1999
- A Balinese Religion Primer with American Commentary September 23, 1999
- Changes in Japan Today: Two Christian Perspectives September 16, 1999
- Book Review — “Power in the Blood? The Cross in the African-Ame… September 9, 1999
- A Book Review GRACE AT THE TABLE. ENDING HUNGER IN GOD’S WORLD September 2, 1999
- Tim’s questions (and Ed’s responses) about Christianity in Bali August 26, 1999
- Ketut Lasia–Balinese Christian, Balinese artist August 19, 1999
- Why Jesus? August 12, 1999
- Remembering Mr. Makoto Mizuno August 5, 1999
- Mid-summer items on Law and Gospel July 29, 1999
- Rebuttal of Poetic Preaching — THTH57&58 July 22, 1999
- Poetic Preaching — part 2 Robin Morgan July 15, 1999
- Poetic Preaching by Robin Morgan July 8, 1999
- An Expanding Theology: Faith in a World of Connections. E.J.Dwyer, Newtown … July 1, 1999
- Faith and Reason in a Post-Secular World June 24, 1999
- A Response to Homosexuality and Reformation Theology June 17, 1999
- One Christian’s Response to “Star Wars — The Phantom Mena… June 10, 1999
- God-as-Gospel: The Doctrine of the Trinity as Science and Theology Converge June 3, 1999
- Homosexuality and Reformation Theology May 27, 1999
- A Feminist Christian’s Theology–Two Reviews May 20, 1999
- The Other Half of the U+turn of Repentance, a Response to ThTh 48 May 13, 1999
- Repentance: Coping with God the Critic May 6, 1999
- Outsiders and Insiders April 29, 1999
- Historic Episcopate–Another (once underground) Voice April 22, 1999
- Theology of the Cross or Theology of the Resurrection? April 15, 1999
- Relocating Authority in the Family April 8, 1999
- Response to Luther Research April 1, 1999
- Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son in the Old and New Testaments: A … March 25, 1999
- Two responses re: The Vatican and Me March 18, 1999
- Christian Callings: Care & Redemption of Creation March 11, 1999
- Augsburg Confession & Luther’s Catechisms March 4, 1999
- Union With Christ February 25, 1999
- The Vatican and me February 18, 1999
- Romans 5:12-19 February 11, 1999 February 11, 1999
- Part 2: One Lutheran’s Agenda in Today’s Homosexuality Discussi… February 9, 1999
- One Lutheran’s Agenda in Today’s Homosexuality Discussion January 28, 1999
- Theology of the Cross in the Holy Land January 21, 1999
- Living Stones January 14, 1999
- The Impact of Holy Land on Faith January 7, 1999
- Elert on Freedom December 17, 1998
- Lutheranism and World History December 10, 1998
- Implications of Justification in the Many Contexts of Today’s World December 3, 1998
- The Promise of Lutheran Ethics — Law/Gospel Grammar November 19, 1998
- THE PROMISE OF LUTHERAN ETHICS — Back to the Decalogue? November 12, 1998
- Justification by Faith Alone — Doctrine or Hermeneutic? November 5, 1998
- THE PROMISE OF LUTHERAN ETHICS — Forgiveness, Faith, Freedom October 29, 1998
- THE PROMISE OF LUTHERAN ETHICS, Karen L. Bloomquist & John R. Stumme October 22, 1998
- Responses to “What Lutherans really believe.” October 15, 1998
- Theology of the Cross October 8, 1998
- Two for Eternity October 1, 1998
- LOSING OUR VIRTUE. WHY THE CHURCH MUST RECOVER ITS MORAL VISION September 24, 1998
- Moving our Congregations from Maintenance to Mission September 17, 1998
- The Historic Episcopate Question? September 10, 1998
- True Repentance and President Clinton’s Confession? September 3, 1998
- Seminex Remembered — Faculty Reductions/Closing Shop August 27, 1998
- Seminex Remembered — Four Crucial Votes August 20, 1998
- Seminex Remembered — The Theology Department August 13, 1998
- Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, part 3 August 6, 1998
- Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, part 2 July 30, 1998
- Vatican “Clarifications” on the Catholic – Lutheran Joint… July 23, 1998
- Seminex Remembered–Seminex’s own Theology July 16, 1998
- Seminex Remembered–Strange and Wonderful July 9, 1998
- Robert C Schultz’s response to the Gay/Lesbian Ordination Resolution July 2, 1998
- Augsburg 1530/Seminex 1974 June 25, 1998
- Gay/Lesbian Ordination – The Central States Synod Resolution June 18, 1998
- Summer Conventions: Is it New Orleans all over again? June 11, 1998
- And Then There Were Three June 4, 1998
- Bishop’s Job Description: What does Augustana 28 say to us today? May 21, 1998
- Even Rome Can be Home, but . . . Should Today’s Augsburg Catholics Lo… May 14, 1998