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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
On ‘My Ántonia’: Bodily Life as Fallen and Redeemed Creatures
My Ántonia invites the reader to look closely at one life, so closely that it becomes a window for looking at one’s own life, and every human life.
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A Tract on Life in Christ
In “The Freedom of a Christian,” Luther lays out the central Reformation assertion that faith in Christ and not works of the law justifies sinful ...
Lord Keep Us Steadfast
Luther’s much simpler and shorter hymn, “Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word” (LSB 655), simply wins the day, hands down.
Called to Serve
Martin was a career military officer, as his father before him. That’s the way it was in the 4th century in the Roman Imperial Army. ...
Creating a New God
Whatever you put your faith in, that is your god. So said Luther in his explanation to the First Commandment in the Large Catechism.
The Common Order of Christian Love
According to Luther’s teachings about the Christian life, the good works God desires of us are carried out in our vocations.
Temporal and Eternal
The two kingdoms doctrine in Lutheran theology is not just distinction between the church and the state, the sacred and ...