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16 mins read|08/15/16The word which typifies my understanding of what makes male friendships so central to the concept of masculinity is philia.
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8 mins read|06/11/15I have found that Gandalf’s words above ring true, not only in Middle-earth, but in our world as well.
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14 mins read|08/20/14Mutual Conversation and Consolation of the Brethren V — Some Examples from Rod Rosenbladt
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17 mins read|07/22/14"For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst." This should therefore be our starting place for understanding the basis of the doctrine.
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9 mins read|07/03/14We have to trust that there is value in these conversations. They are not valuable only when they can be counted as a program. And what are most programs but attempts to get us to “act like” Christians at some future point of time?
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7 mins read|03/10/14As with many teachings, the Lutheran teaching on Mutual Conversation and Consolation of the Brethren fits in with other teachings. The various teachings don’t stand alone, but they fit together as an organic whole.
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7 mins read|02/26/14One of the strongest elements in the evangelicalism of my youth has a place in Lutheranism that might be surprising to many. This is what our confessions call “The Mutual Conversation and Consolation of the Brethren."
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7 mins read|11/20/13Have you ever experienced the awkwardness of meeting someone you really enjoy and thinking that it was the start of beautiful friendship, only to find out that they didn’t feel the same way?
