CTX Update: When Courts Do Not Know Their Limitations
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…
Protecting Deeds Done in Darkness
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…
New Book: Franz Pieper on Atonement
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:…
Hospitality at Concordia Historical Institute and CSL Library
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…
Court Schedule Set in LCMS v. CTX, Christian, & Bannwolf
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…
Second Edition of Atonement in Lutheran Orthodoxy: Johannes Quenstedt
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…
LCMS v Concordia University Texas: Some Related Documents
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,…
Book Review: Suffering, Not Power: Atonement in the Middle Ages
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…
Fox Guarding the Henhouse at Concordia University Texas
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…
Annotated Large Catechism: Two Speeches to Floor Committee 5
Below are two speeches that I am planning to give to Floor Committee 5 of the 2023 LCMS convention about Resolution 5-14 on the annotated Large Catechism. The first addresses…
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