• Solito: A Memoir

    Solito: A Memoir

    Imagine that as a nine-year-old boy, your grandparents place you into the care of a “coyote.” They pay him a substantial sum of money to guide you from your village in El…

  • Eighth Century BC Prophets for Twenty-First Century AD Believers

    Eighth Century BC Prophets for Twenty-First Century AD Believers

    I heard a disparaging comment regarding Lutherans. “They are too hung up on the sixteenth century.” Further conversation with the commenter made it clear that he thought too much time was invested…

  • Rooted in Christ and His Word

    Rooted in Christ and His Word

    The following is an abridged version of President Tom Egger’s commencement address Mekane Yesus Seminary, the main seminary for the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on June 22,…

  • Should Christians Work Toward a Christian Nation Again?

    Should Christians Work Toward a Christian Nation Again?

    Josh Hawley, a US Senator for Missouri, has written an article for the February issue of First Things. The title is “Our Christian Nation.” While…

  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    “My dad had to live knowing that his father had tried to kill him” (276).  It is one of the most sobering lines in David Grann’s bestselling Killers of the Flower Moon, the…

  • Why Pastors Ought To Go Regularly To Confession: 15 Theses

    Why Pastors Ought To Go Regularly To Confession: 15 Theses

    Dr. Stephen Pietsch presented the following theses to fourth year seminarians attending his Theology and Leadership course.

  • Hosea’s Dove

    Hosea’s Dove

    Biblical studies has been enriched in recent decades by the insights of cognitive linguistics, a field that explores the connection between cognition (understanding) and language. Of particular interest to me is the…

  • On My Nightstand

    On My Nightstand

    This first novel by Delia Owens was a #1 New York Times bestselling book and has been made into a full-length motion picture. I can understand its popularity. Where the Crawdads Sing…

  • The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

    The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

    In Broken Heart, Johnson traces the origins of St. Louis from its founding as a French fur-trading post to its role in shaping the America we live in today. Johnson believes that…