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Rejecting Resignation: A Call to Laypeople for Renewal

Oct 30 •

Fit for the Call: Why the Man and the Office Both Matter

Transcript from Rev. Jason Braaten's interview with Ad Crucem News contributor, Jarryd Allison, about graduating hardened men capable of working and…

Oct 29 •

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Rev. Jason Braaten

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Commanded or Permitted? Sorting Fact from Fracas in the Cooper–Bugenhagen Dispute

Fact-checking and ethically rating the slavery controversy on Lutheran X: misrepresentation or theological nuance?

Oct 28 •

You Must Pay Attention to USD Stablecoins

A quiet financial revolution is underway that will affect the way you handle and manage money.

Oct 26 •

Proposition Nation, Proposition Church: Identity Crises of Past, Present, & Future

How the "American idea" and the Protestant ideal are difficult for Lutherans to reconcile and manage in the tension between remaining faithful to…

Oct 21 •

More Routes, More Problems: Why Alternative Routes Aren’t the Solution

Lessons from the LCMC: How loose ordination standards fracture confessional unity—and why the LCMS’s seminary system remains vital.

Oct 16 •

Pastor Ben Hollingsead

The Illusion of Neutrality: Power, Politics, and the Pulpit

The pulpit is not a sterile, politics-free zone.

Oct 14 •

The Three Estates Revisited: Announcing the Second Edition of Church, Family & State in Contemporary Canada

From Tract to Treatise: The Growth of a Modern Lutheran Classic

Oct 13 •

Rev. Paul R. Williams

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Hacking American Altruism for Foreign Missions - Lessons for the LCMS

When global mercy outpaces local faith, even the most generous church risks hollowing out its altars.

Oct 9 •

The Red Letter LCMS Survey: Problems, Premises, and Partiality

Why a popular 2025 Synod-wide survey probably reveals more about its participants than about the Synod itself.

Oct 7 •

Does Matthew 28:19 Trump Genesis 1:28 When it Comes to Making New Christians?

There is no statute of limitations on Genesis 1:28.

Oct 7 •

September 2025

Interview with Pr. Tim Ahlman & Jack Kalleberg, Unite Leadership Collective

A wide-ranging discussion with the hosts of the ULC podcast.

Sep 25 •

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