The Cure for Cynicism? Just Keep Preaching!
There is no truth of Scripture so wonderful that my sinful nature cannot distort it into a caricature of itself for my sinful nature’s own purposes! Consider how that works with the theology of the ...
The Wit of Martin Luther
Eric W. Gritsch is Professor Emeritus of Church History at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He has published several papers on the humor of Martin Luther, which he has used extensively in the ...
PSI Visits Bulgaria
One of the most challenging responsibilities of our WELS Missions administration is to work with a national church body, almost always one that WELS Missions started, to figure out issues like national workers’ support ...
Preach the Word – July/August
Volume 21, Number 6 Luther and the Lectionary “Ah, Luther.” Like an audiophile commenting on Bach, confessional Lutheran pastors utter the name with a sense of awe, respect, and thanksgiving for the life, work, and ...
Grace Abounds: The Splendor of Christian Doctrine
Daniel Deutschlander served twelve years as a parish pastor in South Dakota, Canada, and Illinois. He taught German and religion courses at the high school level for four years at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School ...
Four Branches June 2018
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Old Testament Storytelling - the Narrator The narrative study of Scripture reveals much about the way the inspired biblical spellbinders communicate their spiritual point of view. ...
Behold…a Mystery Revealed…Yet Still Often Concealed…But At All Times Real!
Scottsdale, Arizona. Watertown, South Dakota. Saginaw, Michigan. New Ulm, Minnesota. Clifton Park, New York. Waco, Nebraska. Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Tacoma, Washington. Palm Harbor, Florida. Dallas, Texas. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Watertown, Wisconsin. Over the past two weeks, in ...
Betrayal: German Churches and the Holocaust
Robert P. Ericksen is Professor of History at Pacific Lutheran University and author of Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany (2012) and Theologians under Hitler: Gerhard Kittel, Paul Althaus and ...
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven
Sir John Eliot Gardiner is one of the world’s leading conductors. He is particularly well-known known for his work with Baroque music, especially the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. He founded the Monteverdi Choir ...
Four Branches May 2018
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Direct Speech, Indirect Speech, and Reported Consequences Linguistically speaking, the Gospels read a bit like a Hemingway novel, only with less wine consumed. Hemingway, in contrast ...