In the 1992 U. S. presidential election, James Carvill, a strategist for Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign, coined three messages to keep the campaign focused. Though originally intended for internal use,…
Introduction It has been a long time since I last wrote about the Concordia University Texas (CTX) litigation. The last time was September 21, 2024. Significant things have happened since…
Jesus said (John 3:19-21 ESV): And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were…
Synoptic Text Information Services, Inc. has released its next new title, Atonement in Confessional Lutheran Theology: Franz Pieper. Presented in English are three of Franz Pieper’s writings about the atonement:…
This year I have been studying the life and one topic in the teachings of Francis Pieper. His work on that topic and the story of his life are so…
The parties in LCMS v. CTX, Christian, & Bannwolf[1] have agreed to scheduling of a jury trial of the case and a series of pre-trial procedures. For background on the…
Johannes Quenstedt’s De Officio Christi is an antidote to errors about atonement in Lutheran circles. Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of atonement is vicarious satisfaction. Adversaries deny vicarious…
Synodical Documents Report, Ecclesiastical Visitation of Concordia University Texas by the Office of the President, R64, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Convention Workbook, Reports and Overtures 2023, 68th Regular Convention,…
Note: This book review is distilled from a more extensive Commentary on Suffering, Not Power, by Benjamin Wheaton, available for download as a PDF here. In Suffering, Not Power: Atonement…
On November 8, 2022, a majority of the Board of Regents (BOR) of Concordia University Texas (CTX) purportedly made that board self-governing and self-perpetuating in complete independence from the Concordia…