Essentially Lutheran

Does Christianity make sense? Do all its various teachings add up? Is it logical? For a time, I began to think - yes. It must make sense...

One of my pet peeves is politicians and news reporters who consistently torture the language in times of tragedy. The Minneapolis bridge co...

Now to Luther’s fourth “exit”, which is to stop searching for a logical exit and simply accept and believe both sides of the paradox. Luther...

The third (and supposedly final) exit from a Biblical paradox is theological . Here at last is where most find their exit from the contradic...

The second exit from a Biblical contradiction is hermeneutical - the art of interpretation. Here, if we are good Lutherans, we lean not on o...