Thursday Theology

Crossings founder Edward Schroeder writes or edits weekly essays and sends them around the world via the Internet. We post them here to provoke thought about current issues with which Christians wrestle.   Enjoy!

We are open to people using our material as long as it is properly attributed, including a reference to our website, and the material is not substantially changed.

• December 30, 2010 - God's Facebook and the Other One
• December 23, 2010 - Schleiermacher's Theology of Christmas
• December 16, 2010 - Christian Buddhist, Buddhist Christian?
• December 9, 2010 - Gospel-grounded Church Leadership. A Case Study
• December 2, 2010 - Selections from Martin Luther for Advent.
• November 25, 2010 - Segue into Advent on Donated Righteousness
• November 18, 2010 - Reflections on THE Gospel, Another Visit Downunder
• November 11, 2010 - Christianity and Politics.
• November 4, 2010 - Homily for Reformation Day Celebration 2010
• October 28, 2010 - Luther's Understanding of Law: Lex Charitatis, the Law of Love
• October 21, 2010 - Luther's Rehabilitation in Recent Roman Catholic Opinion
• October 14, 2010 - Some Items on Mission Theology
• October 7, 2010 - A Confession of Faith prompted by the Dodoma Statement
• September 30, 2010 - African Lutheran Churches Rebuke their Western Siblings
• September 23, 2010 - "Simultaneously Sinner and Saint," a Second Opinion for the ELCA Journal THE LUTHERAN
• September 16, 2010 - Theopaschitism [Yes, that's the topic. Pronounced (OED): theo-PA-skit-ism.]
• September 9, 2010 - A Book Review on Science and Religion
• September 2, 2010 - More Artifacts from Earlier Days in Australia. Ethics
• August 26, 2010 - More Discoveries from That Year Downunder 1994
• August 19, 2010 - "The Lutheran Message" - Just What is That?
• August 12, 2010 - "Street Priest" in Vancouver, DTES
• August 5, 2010 - Doubt and Certainty in "A Lutheran Christian Life for Today"
• July 29, 2010 - Robert Bertram, Carl Braaten and the ELCA on Universal Salvation
• July 22, 2010 - Demythologization, Theology of the Cross and Christ's Virgin Birth
• July 15, 2010 - On Teaching Theology - A Slice of Life.
• July 8, 2010 - Not Missing the Message in the Good Samaritan Parable
• July 1, 2010 - Werner Elert's chapter on Economics in his book The Christian Ethos. (Part 2)
• June 24, 2010 - Werner Elert's chapter on Economics in his book The Christian Ethos. (Part 1)
• June 17, 2010 - Youth Ministry in America
• June 10, 2010 - Faith Alone--Still a Minority Opinion?
• June 3, 2010 - The Oldest Document in the Werner Elert Archives--A Sermon from 100 Years Ago.
• May 27, 2010 - Carl Braaten's Autobiography
• May 20, 2010 - A Heads Up for Trinity Sunday
• May 13, 2010 - A Daystar Reader
• May 6, 2010 - Muslims, Christians and the Common Good
• April 29, 2010 - How Many Missouri Synods Are There? Two? Maybe even Three?
• April 22, 2010 - Tragedy after Easter -- Easter after the Tragedy
• April 15, 2010 - Luther's New Home in the Episcopal Church USA? Maybe, Maybe Not.
• April 8, 2010 - Tidbits from Luther's Easter Sermons
• April 1, 2010 - The Future of Justification - A Response to N. T. Wright
• March 25, 2010 - Christ Fulfills God's Law on Good Friday
• March 18, 2010 - A Book About Forgiveness
• March 11, 2010 - Surprising Things Happen! A Quartet of Surprises at Mid-Lent 2010
• March 4, 2010 - Part Two of "Werner Elert and Moral Decay in the ELCA!"
• February 25, 2010 - Werner Elert and Moral Decay in the ELCA!
• February 18, 2010 - "Is Anybody Out There Listening?" Part Two
• February 11, 2010 - Is Anybody Out There Listening? Or Even Interested Enough to Want to Listen?
• February 4, 2010 - A Report on Crossings International Conference III, January 25-27, 2010
• January 28, 2010 - Werner Elert's Law/Gospel Textbook on Christian Ethics (Part II--Conclusion)
• January 21, 2010 - Werner Elert's Law/Gospel Textbook on Christian Ethics
• January 14, 2010 - Stephen C. Krueger In Memoriam
• January 7, 2010 - Jesus, Age 12, at the Temple