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“God Has Written This Article of the Resurrection in Trees”: Luther on the Second Coming and Eternal Summer
In an ongoing effort to get people to read this essay, I continue to catalog instances of historical figures who agree with meeeeeeeeeeeeeee and…

Augustine’s Cicero
Today, December 7, is the anniversary of the death of the Roman statesman and philosopher Cicero. He was important in his own day, of…

“In Order Flesh by Flesh to Free”: A Fifth-Century Hymn (1)
For Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, I think I’m going to change things up slightly for “Melanchthon Monday.” For the next several weeks, I want…

Reason and Faith in Luther
Once more on Luther’s House Postil sermon for the First Sunday in Advent before we move on. Luther is often misunderstood, and almost as…

The Church Calendar As Word Ministry
How can evangelicals reconcile the church calendar with an emphasis on the ministry of the Word?