• Praying Together For Life

    Praying Together For Life

    “Life issues” today are highly contentious. So much so that many caring Christians struggle to think about, talk about, or respond to them in loving and constructive ways. The result can be…

  • The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West

    The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West

    We were talking about religion and politics at lunch one day. The rise of Christian nationalism in the United States. The role of the church in a divided political context. The confusion…

  • Cleopatra: A Life

    Cleopatra: A Life

    In Cleopatra: A Life, Stacy Schiff, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, has written a biography that not only informed me about one of history’s most important rulers, but also gave me a…

  • Hosea’s Shocking Language & The Shock of the Gospel

    Hosea’s Shocking Language & The Shock of the Gospel

    I have a love-hate relationship with the editorial assistant built into word processors. I appreciate that such assistants will point out my bad habits (most commonly, my penchant for the passive voice)…

  • My Ántonia

    My Ántonia

    The celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth century novelist Willa Cather wrote a trilogy of novels that focus on life on the Nebraska prairie: O Pioneers, My Ántonia, and the most autobiographical of the three, The…

  • Ponte Luterano

    Ponte Luterano

    A formula like “Global Evangelicalism” is obviously expansive enough to include virtually any topic one may choose. But when I heard the theme and considered the opportunity of presenting in the Lutheran…

  • Christ’s Wealth and Poverty (2 Cor 8:9) in Early Lutheran Writers

    Christ’s Wealth and Poverty (2 Cor 8:9) in Early Lutheran Writers

    The use of “poor/rich” terminology in reference to Christ in 2 Corinthians 8:9 is not surprising. Paul is dealing with finances and this language fits quite naturally into the discussion. The only…

  • Christian Politics: Living in Two Realms

    Christian Politics: Living in Two Realms

    CSLScholar is Concordia Seminary’s digital library with a host of on-demand resources. Take time to peruse its wealth of topics. Among the latest additions to CSLScholar is a recent Lay Bible Institute…

  • Growing the Lutheran Audience

    Growing the Lutheran Audience

    The students of Concordia Seminary are blessed by the teaching of our faculty. The faculty’s reach extends beyond the students to pastors and congregations who invite them to speak at conferences and…