Category Archives: For Anyone who dares
The Voyage of the Damned
This is the title of a 1976 movie and 1974 book based on a true WWII era event. A ship with over 900 Jews sailed from Germany to Cuba in 1939 because of the rising tide of anti-Semitism. Cuba wouldn’t … Continue reading
Justin Long-Lived
That wasn’t his nom de guerre. Martyr was. There was a reason for that. He was an apologist not a satirist. About the same time Justin Martyr was making a defense for the Christian faith Juvenal was satirizing the Roman … Continue reading
Chances Are
In the late 1950s Johnny Mathis sang “Chances Are.” I’ve never liked that song. Though it ends with the line “The chances are your chances are awfully good!” I always thought there shouldn’t be … Continue reading
Fear This?
Ebola is the sum of all current fears. It’s zombies come alive; it’s the outbreak scenarios films have warned us of; it’s the pandemic Big Brother has promised is surely coming. Be afraid; be very afraid. We’re on the Eve … Continue reading
A Brief Statement about the Brief Statement
Had not the Brief Statement been adopted by the LCMS in 1932 there would not have been the Statement of the Forty-Four in 1945. Yet though confessionals bang the Brief Statement gong loudly and even LCMS, Inc. will appeal to … Continue reading
Scratch a Fund Raiser and You’ll Smell a Pietist
That’s probably too strident, stringent, harsh even. But you Waltherians can blame Walther for getting me to think along such clamorous lines. He says in Law and Gospel that there are only two groups that humanity can be separated into … Continue reading
My Problem with The Problem of Pain
C. S. Lewis never claimed to be a theologian or pastor. He makes some big theological boo-boos, but he was a great thinker. But some of his thoughts in The Problem of Pain are a problem for me, if true.
Evolution and the Gay Rights Agenda
Does anyone know anyone who is for gay rights and against evolution? How about for abortion and against evolution? How about for feminism and against evolution?
Pietism in Law and Gospel
As promised months ago, here are things I think ought not to be said or reflect incipient pietism in Walther’s Law and Gospel. This is not to say that the book ought not to be read. I have read it … Continue reading
Hold the Line or Dance their Tune
It’s well-known that in a battle one running man or one charging man can turn the tide of battle. Macarthur’s’ father won the Medal of Honor for picking up the fallen standard of his Civil War unit and continuing the … Continue reading