Praying for Christian Unity

by Timothy George

The quest for Christian unity is a call to a new life, to lifelong metanoia, and to conversion in the deepest sense. Prayer is essential in every step of this process. Continue Reading »

23 Jan 2017

Lund and the Quest for Christian Unity

by Timothy George

In going to Lund to participate with Lutherans in a joint commemoration of the Reformation, Pope Francis is following in the footsteps of his two papal predecessors, both of whom were deeply committed to the ecumenical pathway set forth in the documents of Vatican II. Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2016

Catholics are Adopting a Lutheran Perspective on Martin Luther. They Shouldn't.

by Christopher Jackson

Catholics should resist importing from today's Lutherans a view of Luther that Luther himself would not have recognized. Continue Reading »

22 Jul 2016

In Honor of David Steinmetz

by Timothy George

David Curtis Steinmetz, one of the leading church historians of our time, died this past November at age 79 on Thanksgiving evening. He spent most of his distinguished academic career at Duke Divinity School, where he was the Ragan Kerns Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the History of . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Jan 2016

Losing Luther

by Christopher Jackson

As a recent Atlantic essay points out, Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber’s emphasis on sin and grace in Christ sounds downright conservative. Her congregation even utilizes orthodox Lutheran liturgy! In a sense, the claims to Lutheran orthodoxy are correct. Bolz-Weber’s approach is the . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Sep 2015

​A Radically Toxic Combination

by Christopher Jackson

Tullian Tchividjian was Evangelical royalty, and once again we are reminded never to put our hope in princes. Grandson to Billy Graham, Tchividjian assumed the legendary pulpit of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church on Easter Sunday, 2009. Now he has joined Mark Driscoll and Ted Haggard as a megachurch . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2015

Luther Reading Challenge

by Sarah Hinlicky Wilson

In 2009, my colleague Theodor Dieter and I started teaching a two-week course every November on Luther’s theology, for Lutheran pastors from all over the world, in no less venerable a location than Wittenberg itself. We approached the first year with post-Christendom and post-colonial qualms. Did Luther have anything to say to people anymore? Was it pure anachronistic antiquarianism on our part still to love him? Did we have any business inflicting Luther on Africans struggling with malaria and tremendous political violence, or on Asians negotiating a level of religious plurality unimaginable to North Atlantic Christians like ourselves? Continue Reading »

7 Apr 2015

Catholics Don’t Sing Like Lutherans

by Russell E. Saltzman

Let’s get right to the point. Why are Catholics such poor hymn singers? Continue Reading »

12 Feb 2015

The Reformation at Five Hundred

by Thomas Albert Howard and Mark A. Noll

On October 25, many churches will once again observe “Reformation Sunday,” commemorating the day in 1517 when Martin Luther is said to have nailed his Ninety-Five Theses concerning theological reform on the door of the Castle church in Wittenberg, Saxony. This event continues to be regarded as . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2014

Are Lutherans Catholic?

by Mathew Block

Did the “Protestant Future” hubbub leave you longing for an Evangelical Catholic Church? It already exists. It’s called Lutheranism. Continue Reading »

24 Jun 2014