Talking Past Each Other About the Law
When people talk about the Law, often they are ships passing in the night. They talk past each other. At the surface, they seem to be disagreeing with each other,…
The Sword of the Cross
Luke 2:22-40 From this text we focus on one part of Simeon’s prophesy in verses 34-35. Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is…
Minute Messages: Gospel-Filled Devotions for Every Occasion — Reviewed
by T. R. Halvorson Note: This article may be downloaded as a PDF file. Outline CitationExecutive SummaryAuthorPlan of the BookStrengths of the BookFolding It In Upshot It is amazing what God’s…
Review of Eckardt’s Anselm and Luther on the Atonement: Was It “Necessary”?
The trouble with many conventional treatments of Anselm and Luther is that they fail to consider their differences in purpose and method. This failure, especially among many claiming to be heirs of Luther, has driven a deeper and wider wedge between Anselm and Luther than is warranted. To be sure, they have differences, and to be sure, the differences are significant. But on vicarious satisfaction they hardly are as distant from one another as has been made the popular perception.
The Atonement and Modern Thought | Book Review
by T. R. Halvorson Note: This article may be downloaded as a PDF file. Outline CitationExecutive SummaryAuthorStandingPlan of the BookOverview of SubstanceSummary of ChaptersEvaluation Citation Remensnyder, Junius B. The Atonement…
Seeing Is Not Believing
In the three year lectionary, the Gospel text this year for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost is John 6:35-51. Let us observe how our text starts. First, Jesus declares who…
Understanding Loaves and Signs
In the three-year lectionary, the Gospel text for the sixth Sunday after Pentecost is Mark 6:46-56. The same events are told in John 6:15-40 and Matthew 14:22-35. The disciples along…
Priority of the Word: A Bleeding Woman and a Dying Daughter
Text: Mark 5:21-43 As with other events in the ministry of Jesus, this text shows the priority of the Word of God. Before we have the Word, we might have…
Misusing Scripture: Associative Jump
Note: This article may be downloaded as a PDF document. Introduction Scripture often is misused. It happens in a variety of ways: misreading, misquoting, misinterpreting, misapplying. Let us consider one…
Come unto Me: Sin and Salvation
Many are tormented from time to time with doubts that Jesus loves them. They see something judging them on Facebook or You Tube. A works-righteousness church they left tells them…
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