Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
May 24, 2005

Proper Distinctions are Good

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

This “call to action” from the Center for Reclaiming America recently came to my attention via an email list. Now, while at first glance such a petition sounds quite noble — after all, who wouldn’t want to REPEAL THE “GAG ORDER” THAT HAS BEEN SILENCING OUR CHURCHES FOR DECADES! (all caps shouting by them, not [...]


May 22, 2005

Holy Trinity Sunday

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

In honor of today being Holy Trinity Sunday, let’s all take some time to read & contemplate the Athanasian Creed.
The Athanasian Creed - Background
Christianity constantly struggles to keep the Faith free from false
philosophies.
In the fourth-century culture of Alexandria, Egypt, a persuasive preacher with a logical mind used a philosophical concept foreign to the Scriptures in [...]


May 20, 2005

CPH’s upcoming BoC — More Info

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Rev. McCain has just posted some more detailed Q&A’s about the soon-to-be-released reader’s edition of the Book of Concord.
There’s been quite a bit of discussion on/about this new edition of the BoC over at LutherQuest. I think it’s a good thing. A very good thing. I don’t see a downside. While any (every?) translation has [...]


May 18, 2005

AI: 5/17 — 3 x 3 = Great!

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : popmedia

Now that was a great show — the best top 3 ever! While I do think that there is a clear distinction/ranking of the singers, based on last night’s performances, it’s also crystal clear that they all did very well last night, and that there were no clunkers out of any of the 9 performances. [...]