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1 min read|12/13/19The Crazy Old Man showers undeserved grace on the idiot son . . . oh, and the prodigal son gets some love, too.
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15 mins read|09/30/19Theology is not to simply adopt the positions and presuppositions of philosophy, nor should it reject philosophy.
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12 mins read|09/09/19I had been taught and believed in a God who is love, but as I walked outside that night I did not see him. I saw the stars and I felt their indifference.
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7 mins read|09/03/19Rather than validate our selfish, self-serving choices, he justifies us by giving us new life and baptizing us into his death and resurrection.
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12 mins read|06/26/19When the church has gone astray, it has been the responsible (not slavish) approach to history that has helped correct the course.
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13 mins read|06/21/19I’d like to offer a short reflection on the theme of “worldliness” as it appears in his later work and how that’s connected to an item of his Lutheran heritage: the theology of the cross.
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17 mins read|06/03/19In life, we make decisions, from the most basic to the most lasting, lacking specific knowledge about the outcome.
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7 mins read|05/21/19Jesus has won the battle. The war is over. In His death, the victory’s sure.
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10 mins read|04/26/19Christ triumphantly brings about a new day, an eighth day, the first day of a new week.
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10 mins read|04/23/19Temporal resurrections do not save us, but instead direct us to look for life, even in death. Easter zombies and the like direct our attention to the ultimate promise given in Christ, and the implications of this promise for the whole world.
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11 mins read|04/22/19We live because Christ did not remain in the grave but rose to life.
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7 mins read|04/20/19Jesus didn’t simply vacate the tomb to end death. He brought up from that grave the seeds of a brand new start at life. Genesis 1 all over again, with no chance of Genesis 3.
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