Real Men Catechize their Children
Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche was the title of a best-selling book by Bruce Feirstein published in 1982. Supposedly, a real man would eat egg and bacon pie if his wife…
Husband, Love your Wife with the Small Catechism
Adam fell down on his vocation as catechist of Eve. Ever since, husbands have had the tendency to default on their calling to teach the Word to their wives. This…
Two Lutheran Elephants: Negligent House Pastors and Divorce
The decline in membership of Lutheran churches in America is a like a migraine headache. It is always there. We keep explaining it with the same explanations. We keep taking…
The Sacrament and the Second Petition in Leviticus
Leviticus was used widely in the early church and later to preach the Gospel. The modern church generally ignores Leviticus.[1] Leviticus is a gift unopened and sent back to the Giver.…
What was I thinking when reciting the Creed?
A mindless repetition. That is what critics of creeds say about reciting the Creed. Opponents of liturgy call it a vain repetition. Of course, it is possible to say the…
The Word and Faith
Faith does not spring from nature, nor from our own reason, strength, or will. The Holy Spirit creates faith by the Word and Sacraments. When God said, “Let there be…
Baptism: No Stepping on the Lord’s Train
Here is something that is not to be done: stepping on the train of a king's robe. With that in mind, recall what Isaiah saw. “I saw the Lord sitting…
Hushing Christ’s Words of Institution: Then and Now
At the time of Luther, the practice of the Sacrament of the Altar by papists inflicted many abuses upon the laity. These included withholding the cup from the laity, selling…
The Hellacious Cost of Making the Creed Palatable
The presiding bishop of a Lutheran body said during an interview by reporter Robert Herguth during his podcast “Faith to Face” that there might be a hell, but she thinks…
Unavoidable Personal Evangelism
Lay Lutherans and personal evangelism have a strained relationship. First, we are tempted to think that only pastors should witness for Christ. If asked about it in a quiz, however,…
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