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April 7, 2018
The Podcast is Back!
After a break due to the flooding here, I am back in my office and I started recording again. This was a Q&A program, which addressed a bunch of different topics. I spent a while discussing covenant theology and millennial views in the history of the church, along with a question about monergism and other […]
April 6, 2018
A Critique of the LC-MS document, “Women and Military Service: A Lutheran Perspective”
+++ Post by Nathan Rinne Should women serve in combat roles in the military? In our country, a definitive answer was given not even 3 years ago. Around that time, Chronicles magazine article editor Aaron Wolf wrote: “December 3 [2015 was] the day Secretary of Defense Ash Carter declared an end to the restriction on […]
April 5, 2018
March 30, 2018
No, 1 Corinthians 1:14 Does not Prove that Baptism is Purely Symbolic
I just came across an article posted on the 9Marks blog titled, “Waters that Unite: Five Truths About Water Baptism” (you can find it here). The article itself is pretty standard from a Baptist or non-denominational evangelical approach, arguing that baptism must follow faith, that it is a public profession, etc. The reason why I […]
March 23, 2018
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March 19, 2018
Sex and America’s Political Conscience: Seared, Hardened, and “Woke” All at the Same Time (part II of II)
+++ Post by Nathan Rinne So, per the last post in this series, there are all kinds of amazing connections with sex and Christianity. It makes sense of course because it was God’s idea. And, as we know, sexual desire and sexuality can also be highly disconcerting subjects. We might, for example, be certain that […]
