This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s magisterial critique, we present…
This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s magisterial critique, we present…
This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s magisterial critique, we present…
This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s magisterial critique, we present…
This post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Rome Examined: Examination of the Decrees of the Council of Trent. In this concise distillation of Chemnitz’s magisterial critique, we present…
This simple order of prayer is intended for couples, married, engaged, dating, at the end of the day. Adam is the man; Eve is the woman. As head of house,…
Crowd-sourcing some footnotes! The Council of Trent is Rome’s theological answer to the arguments of Luther. Martin Chemnitz’s Examination of the Council of Trent is the Lutheran answer to the…
Here is the introduction to And Take They Our Life, Martin Luther’s Theology of Martyrdom, a little book I wrote a few years ago that you can download for free…
In Genesis 37:31-33, Joseph’s brothers have sold him into slavery, and now they dip his robe in goat blood and show it to their father. It is a horrible part…
A Thought Experiment to Get to the Root of the Argument Let’s begin with a thought experiment. Across the Texas District (and in the wider Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod) we…
Here’s a newsletter article on the topic from 2006. PrBW Tongues in the Book of Acts The answer to this question is plain from the Scriptures: the gift of tongues…
A few months back Linneaus reached out to me on Twitter, asking if we could have a formal debate on the topic of Race. I agreed, and our opening arguments…
In the Worldwide Bible Class we’ve been studying the life of Jacob with Martin Luther’s Genesis Lectures. A few months back it occurred to me, “This is really a study…
Martin Luther’s understanding of the history of the world as the persecution of the Gospel Here are a few pages from Luther’s 1535 Preface to the 1519 Galatians Commentary. (I’m…
There are some who would say that the authority to forgive sins belongs to the office of the ministry. That is, only pastors can forgive sins. I’d like to offer…
This was a fun conversation. Enjoy!
In the Worldwide Bible Class this morning we covered a remarkable portion of Luther’s Genesis commentary. Here’s the context. Jacob is returning to the promised land. Esau is coming to…
This was a fun conversation. Thanks to Jacque and Megan for having me on the show. Here’s part two about the Lord’s Supper:
(LW 24, 193-201) I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.Every branch of Mine that bears no fruit He takes away,and every branch that does bear fruit…
Here are a few fantastic quotations about the Resurrection from Wordsworth Gospel commentary (download the PDF for free here). Wordsworth Gospels Mt 28:2 (1:91) Our Lord, who is one and…