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Objective justification is often misportrayed, because what it actually describes has always been assumed by genuine Lutherans. It is the denial of any objective aspect, basis, or foundation to justification that is new, and therefore requires a pointed and emphatic response. It is often assumed that those who hold to this objective aspect of justification … Continue reading Faith without Christ? →

Article here. The overreaction, when one’s thinking is based solely on rejecting human error, instead of Scripture, is evident all around us. To be “anti” something, in purely human, fleshly thinking, also leads to an error. The complete opposite of an error is not the truth. While not to this extreme, there have been negative … Continue reading White Privilege Study Guide From the ELCA →

College campuses have their own culture, but one unmoored from the broader society. In some ways they are the incubators of modern radical thought and indicators of where the society is headed. They are bastions of radical idealism, precisely because college life is disconnected from families, work, and the earning of the money that pays … Continue reading College Life: Unmoored from Society →

Article here. Conservative political, moral, and cultural views do not save, as much as we might find solace in them. Being anti-abortion or anti-homosexuality is not the same as confessing Christ as Lord. The catch-phrase “Judeo-Christian” does show that traditional Judaism and Christianity share in common a lot of history, moral thinking, and general perspectives … Continue reading What Must Ben Shapiro Do to Be Saved? →

Article here. None of the qualities Kobe is worshiped for are inherently Christian. Dependence, forgiveness, humility, poverty in spirit, receiving mercy, and joyfully suffering are quite opposite of his “Mamba mentality that was centered on being better, stronger, more dominant, and ruthless at competing.” Sports and its stars are sacred to many—real idols. But precisely … Continue reading The Religious Mourning Of ‘Saint’ Kobe Bryant Continues →

Gerhold L. Lemke - gllemke@hotmail.com God's Creation of everything from nothing is Bible Truth (Genesis 1:1, Hebrews 11:3). Creation of all life could only be the work of our living God. When I believe this, I am a proper Creationist, wanting all people to trust in Jesus (John 1:1-5), the Son of our living God … Continue reading Lutheran ReCreationism – Not A Way To Go →

Link to article What genuine Lutheran would mourn the loss of a school that denigrated the doctrine of Scripture and ridiculed importance of faith in Christ? From Concordia Portland’s campus pastor: “You get what you’re looking for. If you want to come to a Christian school and develop relationships, deep ones with other Christians, if … Continue reading Concordia: Behind The Closure Of Oregon’s Largest Private University →

Article by Jared C. Wilson: “Forgiveness,” as a word, has become accepted into the culture, so that it simply means to “forget it and move past the wrong-doing.” But if God’s wrath against our sin is removed from the picture, forgiveness—the power of the Gospel—is lost. Sin is not automatically forgiven, as if God was … Continue reading The Satanic Doctrine of a Wrathless Cross →

Pastor Elder McCants Do you and I know where we will live forever when we die? Can we be certain that we will be in heaven with Jesus when this life is over? Three days ago someone asked me, "Pastor, tell me how can I know that I am going to heaven when I die?" … Continue reading 100% Certain →

Endowments are the way of the world. Even Lutheran churches have latched on to the idea to uphold its institutions because it seems so powerful. It allows for paying and supporting for something in perpetuity, just living off the interest which the large endowment principle throws off. Money given, whoever, should be given to to … Continue reading Endowments: The way of the World →