Territorial Bloggings
A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
The Early Church vs. Today
Bob Waters has a great posting over at Watersblogged, in which he cogently deals with the topic of the Church and its interaction with the prevalent culture/society.
Basically, Bob makes a very perceptive observation, based on a comparison of how the early church dealt, & today’s church deals, with secular society. The observation is this: [...]
Why Synodical Politics Matter
In the course of reading the latest book to hit my reading list — Bible: God’s Inspired, Inerrant Word by Brian Keller (book info from NPH) — last night, I came across this excerpt that encapsulates quite nicely just why it is imperative that we look, and get involved, beyond the borders of our local [...]
Proper POV
Sometimes, having the proper point-of-view can make all the difference in the world.
Case-in-point –> Through Christ, are we reconciled to God, OR is God reconciled to us?
Or, to put the question another way, Are we God’s enemy, OR is God our enemy? (i.e., just who needed the reconciling?)
Over at Weedon’s Blog, the Rev. Fr. Will [...]
Whither the Children?
A very nice posting by Pr. Cholak, over at +the Crowned Ones+, wherein he writes on the subject of children (and other non-communicants, I would infer) at the Communion rail.
Intellectually, I understand (I think) the arguments about why folks want to have everyone come on up to the rail; however, I disagree. I don’t think [...]


