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Charismatic to Lutheran in 3 Months
August 24, 2021This post is admittedly a departure from the rest. However, I wanted to put down somewhere the actual chronology of events that begin more-or-less where the Prelude ends, and add more detail to the final paragraphs of it - in order to share it with you, dear…
On The Lord's Supper
January 31, 2021It has been almost 3 years since my last post on this blog. So why resurrect it now? I left it unfinished, and that fact has repeatedly bothered me. One post in particular is glaringly absent, and needs to be written before I can legitimately call this p…
On Worship
February 23, 2018(This could be a long post, and I'm not exactly sure how to tackle this controversial topic...but as Julie Andrews wisely suggested, "Let's start at the very beginning...a very good place to start." )
Music has always been a part of my li…
On Baptism
February 9, 2018Do you want to know something crazy? These Lutheran people believe that baptism somehow actually saves you.
I mean, that's utterly ridiculous. Baptism is obviously a work that you do, and salvation is a gift, not something that you earn by your own wo…
On Hearing from God
January 26, 2018Growing up, I heard lots about God's will, and about how important it was to obey it. In high school in particular I remember being confused by this, asking people, "How do you KNOW what God's will is? How can I know God is speaking to me?&qu…
On Doctrine
January 17, 2018I used to think I understood unity.
I'm not a public speaker. My mouth dries up, my heart pounds, my mind goes blank, and I get this weird involuntary-swallow-mid-word-thing going on. Truly, there aren't many things I fear more than speaking in pu…