Reflections on “Is He Worthy?”
by Aidan Lytle Eschatology is hotly debated in many Christian groups. For generations, scholars have presented various interpretations of the book of Revelation and other books of the Bible related to the subject. Unfortunately, preachers and teachers sometimes get tangled in the passionate weeds of the debate surrounding premillennialism verses postmillennialism versus amillennialism and do not give the same emphasis to the deep hope...
Recommended Books (Winter 2025)
This winter we would like to share some good reads we discovered over the past few months. These selections represent a wide array of topics that we think will interest you. Some selections will be great for personal reading, others for family time. Most of all, we think they will broaden your understanding of God’s creation and His work in it because they have had that result in our lives. Please leave us your favorite reads in the...
Blessing the Nations: Biblical Nationalism II
Earlier this year, I offered a short reflection on God’s creation of nations as recorded in Genesis 10 and 11. In that post we found that God created nations with distinct characteristics, such as a shared language, kinship, common territory, culture, and laws. Since God created these distinctive categories for our benefit, we cannot blame them for the existence of human conflict. Nor should we attempt to eliminate them in favor of...
Technology in View of the Eschaton
Sophia is a humanoid robot that was been created by a Hong Kong-based company known as Hanson Robotics. She was fully activated in 2016 and since then has made quite an impact on pop culture. The Internet is replete with videos of Sophia being interviewed and on display. She has been on 60 Minutes, The Tonight Show, and a handful of other notable shows, and has been profiled in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. What makes Sophia...
Evil, Hope, and the End of the World: An Interview with Michael Zeigler
The Reverend Dr. Michael Zeigler is the pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church in St. Louis and is an adjunct instructor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary. Michael has become a good friend over the last few years. He is a great model of how one should wed sincere pastoral concern to significant theological reflection. He sat down with me recently to discuss the published form of his doctoral dissertation, Christian Hope Among...
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