Territorial Bloggings

A Cogent Mélange of Lutheran & Pop-Culture Punditry
March 28, 2007

Everything *IS* about Jesus

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

I really need to start posting more about theology, if for no other reason than to focus on something that can help me keep an even keel amongst all the mental/emotional funks that I get into from time to time (and which I’m deep into right now).
FatherDMJ passes along some very good stuff from Rev. [...]


September 11, 2006

Wisdom from Ablog!

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

Why is it that whenever something goes wrong in a person’s life or the life of a family, the first instinct even of Christians is to say, “You need to get some counseling” meaning, “You need to get therapy.”
The devil is outraged by absolution and the Lord’s Supper, basically, by the grace of God. He [...]


April 21, 2006

Altar Guild To Major Tom

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

I almost posted something when I first read about this: Astronaut Calls Pastor To Say He’s Ok On Space Station. I found it bothersome, primarily because of the mention of pre-consecrated Communion elements being freighted up to the LCMS astronaut (and secondarily because I find this type of self-congratulatory publicity to be distasteful). It [...]


January 31, 2006

More Cranach on Lost

Posted by : ghp
Filed under : theology

The debate continues in the comments over at Cranach’s Found on Lost. As Dr. Veith noted in this post, Cranach is somewhat atypical in the blogosphere in that discussions tend to be civil, very literate, and ongoing — it’s not all that common for comment threads to go on for more than a few days, [...]