Essays
Longer-form essays on the confessional Lutheran faith — free to read, share, and hand on. Each is offered as a printable PDF for congregational use. New essays are announced in Ordinary Means first.
The Text the Church Copied for a Thousand Years
The Majority Text Position, Fairly Presented — and Why I Do Not Finally Hold It
Read it →Who or What Is the Antichrist?
A Confessional Reading Against the Prophecy Charts
Read it →What Sola Scriptura Actually Means
The Bible Above Everything, Not the Bible and Nothing Else
Read it →How Are Lutherans Different from Other Protestants?
The One Difference Behind All the Others
Read it →The Proof of the Cup
Where the power of the sacrament actually lies — and why the wine-only argument misplaces it
Read it →Held, Not Holding
Perseverance, the Means of Grace, and the Ground of Assurance
Read it →Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin
A saying that isn't there — and the harder thing the gospel actually asks
Read it →A Word From Outside Us
Why the Anxious Conscience Needs a Faith It Did Not Invent
Read it →No One Takes This Honor for Himself
The External Call, the Enthusiast's Error, and the Comfort of Rite Vocatus
Read it →Two Kingdoms, One Lord
The Two Kingdoms Doctrine in Confessional Lutheran Perspective
Read it →The Leaderboard
How a Copyright Service Quietly Decided What the American Church Would Sing
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