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A Study of the Connection between Theology Proper and God’s Act of Creation and Redemption in Medieval Western Thought. Introduction Contextual background: In Christian Theology, the acts of God and the mechanisms by which they unfold, hold visible centrality in understanding His relation to the world. For many, God is to be understood through creation … Continue reading Love Eternal, Uncreated, All-Creating, and Crucified

Feast of St. Joseph, 2026St. Matthew’s Lutheran, Cornwall Psalm 127 SC, Art 1: The First Article: On Creation I believe in God, the Father almighty, CREATOR of heaven and earth.[2] What is this? Answer:I believe that God has created me together with all that exists. God has given me and still preserves my body and … Continue reading The Pro-Natal Imperative

What do we think of, when hear the word beauty? When you hear Paul’s words, in Philippians 4:8, - is anything good, is anything true, is anything beautiful? – and that you should THINK ON THESE THINGS. - what is it you that you think on? Perhaps art. Perhaps music. Perhaps the face of a … Continue reading God Is Not Beautiful

Introduction In the work of Wolfhart Pannenberg, there is much in the way of a departure from classical, presupposed, and unexamined Church doctrine. One of the topics through which this red thread of commonality expresses itself is in Pannenberg’s work on the doctrine of Election. While scattered across the breadth of his work, in all … Continue reading On the Conditional Retracability of Election in the Theology of Woflhart Pannenberg

Wolfhart Pannenberg’s book Jesus God and Man is a monographical exploration of Christological method. It argues for seeing Jesus as a figure of historical study to be weighed according to the evidence of the witness testimony that one finds within Holy Scripture. This was to be done by exercising reason upon externally observable evidence, or, … Continue reading Pannenberg’s Concpetion of Conversion Unto Faith in the methodological chapters of Jesus God and Man

Today on this feast of the Holy Cross, I want to think with you all on the very center of our faith – the crucifixion of our Lord. The cross. Not just WHAT IT is. Or THAT IT IS. But WHAT IT DOES. This idea. WHAT IT DOES. This we ask this morning. See, in … Continue reading Holy Cross 2025 Sermon

All of this then begs the question of what place tradition has in theology. If the task is to hear and put forth God’s Word, then what do we make of the churches theological writings? In short, these are to serve as witnesses to the clarity of Scripture. The breadth of these texts speak to … Continue reading The Use of Reason & Tradition in Theology: Or, Theology & Polemics

The question of method in theology is one with broader implications than the scope of its concrete substance implies. For while we speak of it as a question of "how" in one's doing of theology, the answers penetrate to the heart of the practice itself. In looking at the breadth of theological method in the … Continue reading The Question of Hermeneutics, & Theological Method: What is Theology and How Should We Do It?

This is my body – Jesus said, as He held up in his hands something that did not look like His body. This is my blood, the blood of the New and Eternal covenant, poured out for you, and for the forgiveness of your sins, He said, as He held up in His hands a … Continue reading He Loved Them

The one who knew no sin became sin for us. Here, on Good Friday. Upon the cross. To quote Luther (in place of confessing our Catechism): Christ was not only found among sinners, but of His own accord, and by the will of His Father, He would also be companion of sinners, taking upon Him … Continue reading Churches Are For Burning. Christs are for spurning.