Winter 2022
Winter 2022 (Issue 4)
What Is Christian Culture?
As practice, culture is not an inert reportable fact, but a living activity to be undertaken. For this reason, it makes as little sense to speak of “cultures” in the plural as it would to speak of “architectures” or “gardenings.”
Academics the Wittenberg Way
Academics the Wittenberg way isn’t incidental to Lutheranism; it’s the natural intellectual and academic expression and extension of its devotion to its own source: Scripture itself.
A Theological Evaluation of Hallmark Christmas Movies
The Hallmark Christmas movie reflects a culture that has trained women to justify their self-worship and covetousness by cloaking it in G-rated sweetness.
What Is Christian Culture?
As practice, culture is not an inert reportable fact, but a living activity to be undertaken. For this reason, it makes as little sense to speak of “cultures” in the plural as it would to speak of “architectures” or “gardenings.”
Academics the Wittenberg Way
Academics the Wittenberg way isn’t incidental to Lutheranism; it’s the natural intellectual and academic expression and extension of its devotion to its own source: Scripture itself.
Letter to the Editor: Open Borders?
My heart bleeds first for my fellow Christians, then for my fellow Americans, and then for people around the world. And it turns out that illegal immigration hurts all of them.
A Theological Evaluation of Hallmark Christmas Movies
The Hallmark Christmas movie reflects a culture that has trained women to justify their self-worship and covetousness by cloaking it in G-rated sweetness.
The Self-Evident Proposition, Part 2
This educational gap is what accounts for the widespread and false assumption that the only rights we have are those granted to us by the government…
Meet Gerhard
Christ kindles faith in us not without means but through the hearing of His Word, which is why it is compared to fire (Jer. 23:29)
Fatherhood
Even if some authority is ceded to the state or church, by divine mandate or voluntarily, the Christian father remains the first protector, teacher, and earthly father to his children in exercising authority over their bodies and souls.
Martin Luther’s Classical Education and His Musical Gifts to the Church
Luther saw a primary role of music in teaching the faith and proclaiming the Gospel, and he encouraged congregational singing in church
“A Little While,” My Jesus Said (Hymn)
“A little while,” my Jesus said, / “And I will take thee to me. / As I for thee my blood have shed, / So do I love thee truly.
Christian News in Brief (Winter 2022)
As of the printing of this issue, the interim administration has indefinitely suspended Rev. Dr. Gregory Schulz for his public opposition to the Board of Regents’ open signaling that they want the new president of CUW to be woke, that is, a champion of “diversity,” “inclusivity,” and “equity.”
Getting to Know the Fathers: Ambrose of Milan
“Naboth defended his vines with his own blood. And if he did not give up his vineyard, shall we give up the Church of Christ?”
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
The chief danger of naivete is not that malicious men will destroy us, but that they will make us like them.
Commentary on “Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Manger Is”
The incarnation is not the conversion of the divine into flesh. No, the incarnation is the assumption of humanity into God. God is now the Man Jesus Christ.
Christ as the Man of Sorrows (Painting)
Christ is risen, and we preach Christ crucified (1 Cor. 1:23). His body is glorious, but it is glorious precisely because this is the body that suffered and died for us.
