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Reposted from 25 December 2007 Complaints about people not knowing “the true meaning of Christmas” started this year in mid-October, as th...

The Commemoration of Nicholas of Myra While many Christians give presents sometime during early winter, many avoid gift-giving on Christma...

or I’m Sure Jesus Done It This Way Hank Williams, Jr. had a huge hit in 1979 with the song Family Tradition . In it, he defended his h...

Don’t Forfeit Your Banquet Invitation What if you held a feast and no one came? Jesus dealt with this in the Parable of the Great Banqu...

Christmas Joy Meets Satanic Slaughter The ancient calendar followed by most of the Christian Church for almost two millennia intersperses b...

Many of us who watched television as children in the early 1960s included King Leonardo and his Short Subjects (later renamed The King and ...

From the Archives Q: Is masturbation a sin? A: I receive this question with a fair degree of regularity. It’s true that the Bible does not s...

If a man allows himself to be hugged by his ex-girlfriend is he committing adultery? Normally, I'd say no. However, if he finds himself ...

Q: You refer to Mary as “God’s mother.” Is that the same as saying “Mother of God”? A: This question came in response to one of last wee...

Q: What are some of the reasons why we celebrate saints’ days? A: Scripture commends our remembering the lives of earlier believers. The wri...

As a Lutheran pastor and theologian, I continually receive questions about my church: Who are we, where do we come from, what do we believe?...