Trinitarian Intimations in Bach’s The Art of Fugue
by Robert P. Imbelli“History has proven that Bach was making music that would connect people to God.” Continue Reading »
A Cruciform Vision
by Casey ChalkFr. Leonard R. Klein interpreted our lives through the lens of a grand narrative directed by the risen Christ. Continue Reading »
The Four Loves of Robert Jenson
by Robert P. GeorgeWhen I met the great Lutheran theologian Robert Jenson, I was a young man, just starting out in academic life. He treated me like an equal, though—and did it in a particular way that I will describe. Continue Reading »
Tullian Tchividjian’s Upside Down Christianity
by Christopher JacksonTullian Tchividjian, grandson to Billy Graham, has again assumed the pulpit. Continue Reading »
Celebrity Theologian
by Robert BenneThose concerned about the reality TV-star in the White House should be even more alarmed at the popularity of Bolz-Weber, the celebrity theologian. Continue Reading »
ELCA Hits Bottom
by Robert BenneSchism is a serious matter. Even though the leaders of the congregations that left the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) to establish the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) in 2010 considered the ELCA to be the schismatic party, having broken from the apostolic tradition, they . . . . Continue Reading »
Learning From Luther
by Carl R. TruemanThe Making of Martin Luther by richard rex princeton, 296 pages, $27.95 1517: Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation by peter marshall oxford, 278 pages, $24.95 A World Ablaze: The Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation by craig harline oxford, 312 pages, . . . . Continue Reading »
Luther’s Purgatory
by Christopher JacksonProtestantism will be purified only insofar as she is willing to contend conservatively for the faith once delivered to the saints. Continue Reading »
The Most Dangerous Man in Christendom?
by Carl R. TruemanNeither the Bible, nor church history, nor Christian experience indicates that a one-size-fits-all crisis conversion is necessary. Why is this claim the sort of thing that scares American Evangelicals? Continue Reading »
Dear Johannes Cochlaeus: Enough Already
by Christopher JacksonLutherans should not fall for depictions of Luther as one whose self-conflict gives rise to blasphemy. Continue Reading »
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