The Crossings Community

What's New?

28-Aug-10 - Text Study, Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

28-Aug-10 - Thursday, More Discoveries from That Year Downunder 1994

21-Aug-10 - Text Study, Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

18-Aug-10 - Thursday, "The Lutheran Message" - Just What is That?

18-Aug-10 - Text Study, Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

14-Aug-10 - Thursday, "Street Priest" in Vancouver, DTES

7-Aug-10 - Text Study, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

7-Aug-10 - Text Study, Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

7-Aug-10 - Thursday, Doubt and Certainty in "A Lutheran Christian Life for Today"

1-Aug-10 - Thursday, Robert Bertram, Carl Braaten and the ELCA on Universal Salvation

26-Jul-10 - Text Study, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

24-Jul-10 - Thursday, Demythologization, Theology of the Cross and Christ's Virgin Birth

19-Jul-10 - Text Study, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

17-Jul-10 - Thursday, On Teaching Theology - A Slice of Life.

The Crossings Community

Our Mission:: To encourage the Christian art of distinguishing God's Law and God's Gospel in the ministry and mission of the Christian church, so that the world receives the full benefit of Jesus Christ's dying and rising.

What is Crossings?

Crossings is a worldwide network of Christian lay people and clergy who share a commitment to the proper use of the Law/Gospel distinction both in the interpretation of Scripture and in the living out of Christian vocation in the world, believing that it is the key to understanding what God is doing in the world. We seek to apply this distinction in our lives and ministries.

The proper relationship between God's words of Law and Gospel was considered by the Lutheran reformers to be essential to the life and mission of the church; however, this understanding has deep roots in the history of the church and in Scripture, and is not the exclusive property of Lutherans.

Since our founding in 1983, Crossings has been working to teach and illustrate this way of thinking, working, preaching, and living. We were founded by two Lutheran teachers of theology, Robert Bertram and Edward Schroeder. The work began in the form of workshops but is now carried out primarily by means of the internet and through conferences.

We share with thousands of internet subscribers a weekly analysis of lectionary texts. An archive of those (called "Sabbatheology" or "Lectionary Text Study") is available on this website.
Dr. Schroeder maintains a personal blog of theological opinion called "Thursday Theology," in which current church and world events are analyzed from a perspective that employs the law/gospel distinction. This is available by e-subscription or through the website.
This website includes other materials (by several authors) that relate to our mission.
A quarterly newsletter carries news about the Crossings network of people.

The Crossings Community, Inc. seeks to share Law/Gospel theology with all people. We do not discrimiate on the basis of race, color, or ethnic origin in any policies or programs.