“Rich, I Have Something to Tell You!”
So says the Savior in next Sunday’s gospel (Luke 7:36-50). Simon, of course, was sure he grasped what was shameful. A notorious sinner was perpetrating a home invasion on his property. There she was, a ...
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals
This book is a revision of a volume by the same title published in 2003. The updated edition includes six new chapters. Brothers, We Are Not Professionals caught my attention with its title. Piper ...
Holding Up the Prophet’s Hand
A pastor is expected to be a “carer of souls.” Some have even described the role of the pastor as a “physician of souls.” He is tasked with overseeing the spiritual health and welfare ...
Opposed…But Not Alone!
“They have had too much wine” (Acts 2:13). So has it always gone when the gracious testimony to the kingdom of God strikes the eyes, ears, and hearts of the world. As it was from ...
BibleWorks 10.0 – A Review
This review updates a review of BibleWorks 9 that appeared in Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly in 2012. BibleWorks 10 came out in April 2015. It also contains a number of helpful links, which will guide ...
Preach the Word – May/June 2016
Volume 19, Number 5 Since 2007, Mark Birkholz has served under WELS Board for Home Missions as a mission counselor. A majority of the pastors and congregational leaders he works with are part of the ...
The Genius of Luther’s Theology
With the 500th anniversary of the Reformation just over a year away, the confessional Lutheran church finds itself at a crossroads. The culture around us grows more secular and hostile to conservative Christianity, while pressure ...
Imagination Redeemed
Imagination Redeemed is meant to fill a gap in Christian literature. Typically, when we divide up human mental faculties, “…we usually think of the intellect (reason), emotions (feelings), and possibly the will (desires, choices)” ...
(In)Vulnerable Sheep
“These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” (Revelation 7:14). In the second lesson for this Good ...
The Millennials
There seems to be some angst and hand-wringing over the newest generation of Americans that demographers have dubbed “the millennials.” They don’t think and act and behave like generations before them. That has many ...