Young Luther (and by young I’m talking 37, one of my personal quibbles with Luther scholars is that I don’t think they comprehend age very well, a man of 37, especially in an age of shorter lifespans, was bordering on old, not young, even today we’d say he’s approaching middle age, anyway), Young Luther in the . . . → Read More: When every earthly prop gives way…the problem of authority
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Full Text of Sermon This is sermon is one of those all or nothing affairs. Its football season, so I’ll use a football analogy. Sometimes you are handing the ball to the running back on a dive play. Its going to get roughly 3 yards and move the chains. Most sermons move the . . . → Read More: By what authority…? This is Mollie Z. Hemingway, a journalist and LCMS member of an Orthodox Lutheran stripe, critiquing a NYTimes magazine piece on Priscilla Shirer who is an evangelical “preacher” who attempts to live out complementarian or what used to be called headship in marriage. If you understand that last part, preaching and headship are like squaring . . . → Read More: Follow the thread (Man and Woman in Christ) There are a lot of religious ghosts in this article. The article is a short cute story about “kids these days” and how they don’t value the oldsters advice like they used to. The 4th commandment (5th if you go by the Reformed count) is Honor your Father and Mother. Luther’s explanation, like all his . . . → Read More: The Advice Generation Gap Text: 1 Sam 13:5-18 Being king is a big job. Saul just never seemed up to the task. His dad, a wealthy land owner, had tasked him with the donkeys and apparently wasn’t too concerned if he went missing for quite a few days. At his corronation they have to dig him out from . . . → Read More: A question of authority – 1 Sam 13:5-18 Full Text A hat tip needs to be sent to the Lutheran Hour Ministries and their Men’s Network for some of the ideas in this sermon. Part of being the parson is being immersed in the Scriptures every day. And maybe even more importantly is the interaction with the Scriptures at a detailed level. . . . → Read More: Let’s go to the other side – Father’s Day – Mark 4:35-41 |
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