“Faith Journey,” Baptism, Legalism, and Antinomianism
Properly explained in accord with Scripture and the Lutheran confessions, the phrase “faith journey” possibly could have a good meaning, and in that sense, I would be willing to say…
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…
Infant Baptism: Two Texts, Five Brief Thoughts
Two Texts Luke 18 15 Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called…
FiveTwo’s Wordless, Bloodless, and Christless Theory of Sacrament
Note: This article was published originally on June 14, 2014on Brothers of John the Steadfast FiveTwo recently published an article by Jim Marriot titled, “The Sacramental Nature of Music.” At…
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…
When God Takes Christ from You
The Gospel text for January 4 is Luke 2:41-52. After God gives Jesus to Mary, He seems to take him away from her. When she loses him on the return…
How Can We Expect Baptism To Work?
The first time my Dad sent me out seeding alone, a feeling of pessimism overcame me. That night I said, “How can we expect a green, leafy, lush crop from…
Jesus Visted Doc Martin’s Surgery
In the British television show, Doc Martin, the newly arrived doctor in a small village is annoyed by villagers using the waiting room of his surgery as a social club.…