Lutheran Reformission

At times in Christian thought, the priorities of pure doctrine and passionate mission have been perceived as opposites on a spectrum where emphasis on one results in neglect of the other, but without one, the other is deficient and doomed to crumble. Mission without doctrine is like a body without a skeleton, but apart from mission, doctrine is like dry bones in a museum. A Lutheran Reformission maintains a dual emphasis, resulting in doctrinal missions as well as missional doctrine.

Thursday, May 30, 2024

How to Read the Old Testament

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  My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire: Often when people read the Bible, they’re not quite sure what to do with t...
Thursday, May 9, 2024

Hope in Suffering

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My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire: Often tragic events leave humans wondering, “Why would God allow this?”   “D...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

No Second Coming Guarantee?

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  My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire:   As I write this piece, seemingly everyone is counting down to the so...
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Self-righteously Unrighteous

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  My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire: When we consider the now-cliché question, “What would Jesus do?” turning...
Thursday, February 8, 2024

Wealth Idolatry

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My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire: When reading the sayings of Jesus in the Gospels, His frequent warnings abou...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

What Does the Bible Say about Modern Israel?

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With recent events in the Middle East, we are seeing diverse reactions among Christians related to the modern nation called Israel.  While m...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

Worst Advice Ever!

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My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire: In a countdown of the worst, yet most repeated, advice observed by humanity,...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

What does the Bible have to say about aliens or extraterrestrial life?

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My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire: During my first decade as a pastor in Iowa, I had a regular “Ask the Pastor”...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

Are Lutherans Catholic?

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My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire: In our tradition of Christianity, we recite the Athanasian Creed on Trinity ...
Thursday, May 4, 2023

Reformation Hymnody

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My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire: Six years ago, in 2017, a great deal of attention was given to the 500 th a...
Thursday, March 23, 2023

Duty to Defend

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My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire: In recent weeks, I have had conversations initiated by parishioners, acquain...
Thursday, February 9, 2023

Firstfruits and Firstborns

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My article from this week's edition of the Rockford Squire: In the Old Testament law, it was a continual pattern that what was first was...
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