Review: Bearing the Cross

Bearing the Cross: Devotions on Albrecht Dürer’s Small Passion, by Carolyn S. Brinkley. St. Louis MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2012. 167 pages. Carolyn Brinkley is trained as a deaconess in the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. This ...

Incredible Patience

Dear Brothers, Patience! Incredible patience! Incredible patience with doubting disciples. That's what strikes me each year on Easter 2 as the Gospel shows Jesus dealing with doubting Thomas. Perhaps that strikes me so strongly because ...

Review: Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Ten Commandments

Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Ten Commandments, by Albrecht Peters. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2009, 333 pages. Professor Dr. Albrecht Peters was a longtime member of the theological faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, Germany. ...

Simple Church

Thom Rainer is president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources.  He is a pastor and researcher, authoring more than twenty books, including Transformational Church and The Millennials.  Eric Geiger leads the LifeWay Church Resources division ...