IntroductionMoral authority is unraveling in our society because the meaning of confession, fear, and habits are unraveling. The guilt you confess, the things you fear, and the habits you form are ine...  Read More

The month of Thanksgiving means we are obligated to think about the Plymouth Pilgrims. But instead of reflecting on the First Thanksgiving, let’s remember the wise words from the first pastor of the S...  Read More

IntroductionInheritance is not merely the transference of possessions upon the occasion of one's demise. It is a profound endeavor dedicated to the perpetuation of that most cardinal creation: the hou...  Read More

In the summer of 1620, the Pilgrims stalled out in Dartmouth because of the cunning and deceit of the ship’s captain and his crew. They were hired to take the Pilgrims across the ocean and stay with t...  Read More

IntroductionThe destruction of men is the most significant event of the last fifty years and worth the most significant attention of the church. That’s why I was delighted to finally read the helpful ...  Read More

Every man is a reformer; only it so often happens that he has the wrong reform. Except for Martin Luther. His 95 theses especially target the practice of selling indulgences. What are indulgences and ...  Read More

The problem of “stuff” in modern American life is not that we have too much of it, but we have the wrong view of it. Put again, the problem isn’t stuff, but our misuse of it. What is stuff? The Englis...  Read More

IntroductionThe central event of the New Testament is not the overthrow of the Old Testament, but the overthrow of death by way of Jesus Christ’s resurrection, which forever linked the two testaments,...  Read More

IntroductionThe relationship between the church and the state is a controversial subject in the current climate. It was also a controversial subject during the Reformation. Joel Biermann has written a...  Read More

IntroductionThe murder of Christ is not a fragment of a larger theology. It is the larger theology that touches every fragment. In the death and resurrection of Christ, one all-embracing power knocks ...  Read More

“In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were...  Read More

IntroductionMost conservative Christians justly despise critical race theory (CRT). They see its spider-like tendencies to prey upon naïve citizens, inject them with emotional toxins, and consume thei...  Read More