The Question of Canon

Michael Kruger is a professor at and the president of Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. Overview There are a number of very good books which cover the topic of the New Testament canon, ...

The Big Book of New Testament Questions and Answers

Michael Eschelbach is an LC-MS professor of theology and philosophy at Concordia University, Irvine, California. His CV is here. Eschelbach has taught New Testament Introduction at Concordia Chicago and Concordia Irvine. The syllabus includes: “Students ...

Four Branches November – 2019

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Prominence Indicators - Tense-forms in Narratives We continue to look at different ways speakers/writers indicate prominence, as in, relatively speaking, what are the main points and what ...

Purify My Eternal Hope, Lord Jesus!

When it comes to our hope of eternal life, which is more dangerous:  to say too little or to say too much?  To say less than Scripture says or to say more?  Or, to use ...

Post-Truth

Lee McIntyre serves as an instructor in Ethics at Harvard Extension School and is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University.  His degrees include a B.A. in ...

Preach the Word – November/December 2019

Volume 23, Number 2 The Blessing of Knowledge I have a sister and a sister-in-law who are both nurses. I love them both dearly, except when they start to talk together about nursing. Then the ...

Inviting Community

Robert Kolb is mission professor emeritus of systematic theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Theodore J. Hopkins taught theology at Lutheran High School South, and was a Ph.D. candidate at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis during ...

Four Branches October – 2019

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Prominence Indicators - γάρ We continue a look at different ways speakers/writers indicate prominence, as in, what are the main points and what are the supporting points. ...

2019 Dialogue Education Conference Held

October 11-14, 2019, the Pastoral Studies Institute of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary hosted a Dialogue Education Conference. Dr. Kenneth Cherney, Jr. of WLS trained eighteen participants working in five continents in "Dialogue and the Adult Learner." ...

Power, Politics, and the Missouri Synod: A Conflict that Changed American Christianity

James C. Burkee is Associate Professor of History at Concordia University, Wisconsin, where he teaches modern American political and religious history. He is a frequent contributor to national newspapers on political and historical matters, including ...