Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
October 7, 2007

The devil’s basic doctrine

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

For some reason, I’m still receiving Christian News. I expected to receive it in the weeks leading up to the convention, but I figured that it would stop showing up shortly thereafter. I subscribed to CN for several years, but grew weary of it.
Theologically speaking, it’s quite good; however, it is a bit repetitive, [...]


December 22, 2006

Now here’s a comic worth reading

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : zeitgeist

Ink Pen is a great comic on it’s own merits. But when it weaves in an askew take on my beloved Calvin & Hobbes and mentions the good Dr. Luther… well, that’s a sign of something special!


December 14, 2006

A Christmastide PSA

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

As a public service to the Territorial Readership (and to the blogosphere at large, thanks to indexing bots), I offer these two reminders about commonly held “facts” that ain’t facts…
1) Christmas Was NOT Based On A Pagan Holiday [courtesy Cranach]
2) Luther’s use of “bar” tunes had nothing to do with exploiting contemporary music through the [...]


November 1, 2006

On being Lutheran

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Mea culpa — I didn’t post anything about Reformation Day yesterday.
So, I’ll make up for it by directing you to two great posts over at Cyberbrethren: We Should Not Refuse to Walk in Our Fathers’ Footsteps & Does Being Lutheran Matter?
I’ve said it before, I’m saying [...]