The PhD Begins Today: Thoughts and Feelings

Today I stand at the beginning of a new adventure and a new chapter in my life. At noon I will gather with other PhD students at Luther Seminary for our orientation luncheon. Then, for the next nine days, I will be writing entrance exams. Tomorrow it all begins with a...

A Big Step for the Nectar Trilogy

I am continually surprised by people who tell me they’ve read Pleroma: Book One of the Nectar Trilogy. Just last week I went with our youth group to a Praise in the Park event and one of the students from the other church said, “Hey, you’re the guy...

Stripping Roses from the Cross

A passage from the chapter titled Luther’s Theology of the Cross in Christian Dogmatics by Braaten/Jensen Particularly important is the manner in which Luther moves to strip the roses from the cross. Christ comes among us and dies a real death “wrapped in...

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