Category Archives: Theological Musings

What’s up with the Lutherans?

As I’ve said before, I was raised Lutheran, in a good, moderately conservative church (LCA) in a good, moderately conservative community in Minnesota (though they tended to vote Democrat for some unknown reason).  While it was strongly Lutheran,  I knew … Continue reading

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A Look At The Non-Western Gospel

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to … Continue reading

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Some Interesting Thoughts on Atonement

I have a confession to make.  I have a hard time with much of the evangelical thinking on the issue of the atonement.   My own thoughts are not important at this point, mostly because I know more about what I … Continue reading

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Applying Luther’s thoughts on indulgences to today

R.C. Sproul on the application of the Reformation to the contemporary church: “[Luther] wondered, why is it that people are still spending their money on indulgences and on what Luther called the Pope’s second-hand junk? He said, ‘The Pope is … Continue reading

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