Topic (web pages have links) | Title | | Link (most recent to oldest) |
Abortion / Life | – NALC Life Conference – January 28th, 2021 – Bethesda: All People are Wonderfully Made – How to Tactfully Navigate Conversations About Your Christian Faith – March for Life 2020 – The ELCA’s Presiding Bishop Tiptoes Through the Abortion Minefield – Bishop Eaton’s Slippery Use of Language in Her Letter Regarding Abortion – Abortion Letter to Bishops – NALC Life Conference and March for Life – March for Life 2019 (before the March) – Marching for Life in 2018 – Real Churches “Still” Don’t Kill Babies – Why Are Some “The Unmentionables” — Response to Bishop Eaton – Letter from Bishop Eaton – March On – Pastor Gjerde’s Letter Asking Bishop Eaton to Stand Against Abortion | | – Jan 2021 – May 2020 – Mar 2020 – Jan 2020 – July 2019 – June 2019 – Feb 2019 – Feb 2019 – Jan 2019 – March 2018 – Nov 2018 – Epiphany 2018 – Epiphany 2018 – Thanksgiving 2017 – April 2017 |
Absolution | – Lutheran Renewal And The Absolution | | – Nov 2019 |
Aging Lutherans (AKA Assets) | – February 2020 Letter from the Director – Handing Over the Keys – Every Eight Seconds… | | – Feb 2020 – Nov 2019 – Lent 2018 |
American Lutheran Publishing Bureau (ALPB) | – The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit | | – Jan 2021 |
Apologetics (defending the faith) | – How to Tactfully Navigate Conversations About Your Christian Faith – Not Here to Be Boiled – What’s a Christian to Do? Responding to Inconsistent, Illogical Ill-wit – Everyday Apologetics – Conversation with Unbelievers: Leading with the Love of Jesus – Sharing the (Not So) Good News | | – Mar 2020 – Nov 2019 – Mar 2019 – Nov 2018 – Sep 2018 – Summer 2018
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The Bible | – The Bible as the Word of God | | – July 2021 |
Commence-ment Address | – The Power of the Word of God | | – Sep 2019 |
Confessing | – What is Confessing? | | – March 2019 |
Congregations in Transition (CiT) | – Grateful Client’s Experience with CiT – Your Online Presence Matters! – Lutheran CORE’s CIT Coaching Ministry: Now Available in a Second, Online Version – Intentional Interim Ministry – CiT Helps Churches – Coaches for Congregations in Transition – A 1st Century Mission Model for the 21st Century – Congregations in Transition: Three Scenarios – Congregations in Transition Ministry Initiative – Congregations in Transition Ministry Initiative | | – Mar 2021 – July 2020 – Mar 2020 – Oct 2019 – July 2019 – May 2019 – Mar 2019 – Jan 2019 – Late Nov 2018 and Nov 2018 – Oct. 2018 |
Connecting the Orthodox | – Resources for Congregations – Sermons, Clergy Connect, and Congregations in Transition – Seeking Survey Input – Helping Orthodox Pastors and Orthodox Congregations Connect | | – May 2021 – July 2019 – Thanksgiving 2017 |
Common Ground Network | – CORE is Your Voice in Renewal Movements across North America | | – Thanksgiving 2017 |
Critical Theory | – Critical Race Theory (CRT) V. The Cross of Redemption and Transformation – Christ-Less Christianity –The Heresy of False Eschatology – The Christian Alternative to Critical Race Theory – What is Contemporary Critical Theory | | – July 2021 – Nov 2021 – Sep 2020 – Sep 2020 – Sep 2020 |
Clergy Supply Crisis | – Is My Pastor About to Quit? – New Year Reflection on Our Future as a Church – See also Pastoral Formation row | | – Sep 2020 – Jan 2020 |
Diversity | – Obsessed With Diversity | | – Nov 2019 |
Divisive | – No Political Divisiveness | | – Aug 2020 |
ELCA Church Council | – Is the ELCA Church Council Out of Touch with Reality? | | – Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 |
ELCA Churchwide Assembly (CWA) | CWA Reflections: God has a way of Sorting His Church | | – Sep 2019 |
ELCA Decline | – How Is This Woke Agenda Working for You? – Not OK and a New Low – Letter from the Director – February 2021 – ELCA Displays Misplaced Values and Priorities – You Reap Whatever You Sow – A Sharp Contrast – Spirit, Flesh, and Dr. Jesus – Thanks Be to God! Memoirs of a Practical Theologian by Robert Benne – New Year Reflection on Our Future as a Church – Obsessed with Diversity – Handing Over the Keys | | – Mar 2021 – Feb 2021 – Feb 2021 – Jan 2021 – Nov 2020 – Nov 2020 – Nov 2021 – Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 – Nov 2019 – Nov 2019 |
ELCA and/or LGBTQIA+ Agenda
* see also Same Sex Marriage | – What Does Reconciling Works Want? – Letter from the Director – April 2021 – Not OK and a New Low – Letter from the Director – February 2021 – The Key Question Remains Unanswered –How the Revisionists Re-Framed Critical Race Theory – Don’t Be Led Astray – ELCA: Answer the Question! – Part 2 – Reflections on the Augsburg Confession – Part 2 – Obsessed with Diversity – ELCA: Answer the Question! – Reflections on the Augsburg Confession – What Will It Be Next? Part 2 – What Will It Be Next? – Pithy Responses to CORE’s April Letter from the Director | | – July 2021 – April 2021 – Feb 2021 – Feb 2021 – Sep 2020 – Sep 2020 – July 2020 – Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 –Nov 2019 – Nov 2019 – Nov 2019 – Sep 2019 – July 2019 – May 2019 |
ELCA (some good programs) | – Encuentro Recap 2019 – Appeal for Prayer and Mission Partners – Seeking Ministry Partners – The Uncle Charlie Program @ St. Timothy – What Happened to Timothy? (Nexus Institute – Theology training for Youth) Note: See also the other Encuentro articles below | | – Nov 2019 – July 2019 – June 2019 – May 2019 – Easter 2018 |
ELCA Political Advocacy | – ELCA Support for the Equality Act: What Does It Mean? – Reflections on the Augsburg Confession, Part 4 | | – May 2021 – May 2020 |
ELCA Presiding Bishop | – Mountain Lion Cubs Do Not Stay Mountain Lion Cubs – Letter from the Director, August 2020 – Is ELCA PB Eaton Losing Touch with Reality? | | – May 2021 – Aug 2020 – March 2019 |
ELCA Seminaries | – ELCA Seminaries After CWA 2009: What a Difference a Day Makes – Response from Bp. Eaton – Is There Room for Traditional Candidates at ELCA Seminaries? – “Please, Lord, Spare the Congregations” – ELCA Does Not Honor Its Own Commitments – Farewell (Steve Shipman’s Farewell blast) – CORE Response to “Naked and Unashamed” | | – Nov 2018 – Sep 2018 – Sep 2018 – Aug 2018 – Lent 2018 – Lent 2018 – April 2017 |
ELCA Social Statement: Women & Justice | – Postmodernism Gone Viral, Part 3 – Postmodernism Gone Viral, Part 2 – Postmodernism Gone Viral: What is Disingenuous About The ELCA Social Statement (Jenkins) [See Also Postmodernism] – ELCA Draft Social Statement: My Response to “Women and Justice” (Ammlung) – Scriptural Authority to Suffer Another ELCA Blow in 2019? (Gjerde) | | – Sep 2019 – July 2019 – May 2019 – Jan 2019 – July 2018 |
ELCA Synod | – Letter to the ELCA’s Upper Susquehanna Synod | | – March 2019 |
ELCA Youth Gathering | – The ELCA Breaks Trust – Lutheran CORE Receives Response (Sort Of) from ELCA Presiding Bishop – Letter to Bishop Eaton – A Lament for the ELCA | | – July 2018 – Sep 2018 – July 2018 – Summer 2018 |
Evangelism | – How to Tactfully Navigate Conversations About Your Christian Faith | | – Mar 2020 |
Faith | – How to Tactfully Navigate Conversations About Your Christian Faith | | – Mar 2020 |
Encuentro (Encounter) | – The Nations at Our Doorstep – Enfleshed Word / Verbo Encarnado – 2020 Encuentro – Recap of Encuentro 2019 – Neighborhood Outreach – Annual Chicago Encuentro Set For Holy Cross Day, Sept 14th – Save the Date! – Encuentro 2018: “Fight the Good Fight of Faith / Pelea La Buena Batalla De La Fe” – Make the Most of Every Opportunity (paragraph 3) – Encuentro 2018 (pre-event) – Come, Holy Spirit, Come! ¡VEN SANTO ESPÍRITU!
| | – Sep 2020 – May 2020 – Nov 2019 – Sep 2019 – Sep 2019 – July 2019 – Nov 2018 – Oct 2018 – Sep 2018 – Easter 2018 |
Forgiveness | – Why They May Not Hear You – Reflections On The Augsburg Confession – Lutheran Renewal And The Absolution | | – Mar 2020 – Nov 2019 – Nov 2019 |
God | – “I Can’t Possibly Believe” in a God Who Would Send Anyone to Hell! | | – Easter 2018 |
Gospel | – This Crisis Calls for Unity in Christ – Reflections on the Augsburg Confession, Part 4 – Why They May Not Hear You – True Unity: Reflections on the Augsburg Confession, Part 3 – Reflections on the Augsburg Confession – Part 2 – Reflections On the Augsburg Confession | | – July 2020 – May 2020 – Mar 2020 – Mar 2020 – Jan 2020 – Nov 2019 |
Global Lutheran Forum | – CORE’s Take: Global Confessional and Missional Lutheran Forum | | – Nov 2018 |
Global Mission | – Global Missions 2021: How Did We Get Here … What Now? – Celebrating Global Mission | | – July 2021 – July 2021 |
Healthy Church | – Your Online Ministry Presence Matters! – Through the Statistics, I died to the Statistics | | – July 2020 – Thanksgiving 2017 |
Heresy | – Christ-Less Christianity – The Heresy of False Eschatology – The Christian Alternative to Critical Race Theory | | – Nov 2020 – Sep 2020 – Sep 2020 |
International Partners | – Lutheran CORE Nurtures Global Connections – Lutheran CORE Develops International Connections | | – Summer 2018 – Easter 2018 |
Law | A Sharp Contrast | | – Nov 2020 |
Institute of Lutheran Theology (ILT) | – The Institute of Lutheran Theology: Ten Years and Counting, part 2 – The Institute of Lutheran Theology: Ten Years and Counting, Part 1 of 2 | | – Lent 2018 – Epiphany 2018 |
List of Online Church Services | List of Online Church Services (Livestreams and Recorded) | | Mar 2020 |
Lutheranism | – Lutheran Renewal and the Absolution | | Nov 2019 |
Lutheran CORE’s Accomplishments and Plans | – Looking Back upon 2018 and Forward to 2019 | | – Feb. 2019 |
Lutherans for Life (LFL) | – Meet Lutherans for Life in St. Louis at the 2018 National Conference! – See also Abortion/Life category | | – Sep 2018 |
Ministry | – Brother Hub Helps Sister Spoke: Everyone Wins – When Congregational Ministries Might Need to Move Beyond Clergy – Ministry by Meaningful Conversation – Is My Pastor About to Quit? – Ministry in the Pandemic Era | | – July 2021 – July 2021 – Sep 2020 – May 2020 |
NALC Convocation | – Letter from the Director, August 2021 – Letter from the Director, August 2020 – Indoor vs. Outdoor Christianity – NALC Convocation was Uplifting, Inspiring, and Encouraging
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NEXUS Institute | – Letter from the Director, August 2021 – Letter from the Director, August 2020 – Thank You – Where Will Our Future Pastors Come From? | | – Aug 2021 –Aug 2020 – May 2020 – Mar 2020 |
North American Lutheran Seminary (NALS) | – The North American Lutheran Seminary in a Nutshell | | – Summer 2018 |
Orthodox | – CORE’s Support to Orthodox ELCA Pastors – Not Here To Be Boiled – CORE’s Support to Orthodox Pastors | | – March 2021 – Nov 2019 – March 2019,p. 7 |
Pandemic | – Letter from the Director – June 2021 – Embracing the Challenges and Opportunities of Worship in the Digital Age – Ministry by Meaningful Conversation – A Sharp Contrast – Focus on Anxiety – Is My Pastor About to Quit? – Your Online Presence Matters! – June 2020 Letter from the Director – All in – Ministry in the Pandemic Era – Letter from the Director – April 2020 | |
– June 2021 – Mar 2021 – Jan 2021 – Nov 2020 – Nov 2020 – Sep 2020 – July 2020 – June 2020 – May 2020 – May 2020 – Apr 2020 |
Pastoral Formation | – Where Will Our Future Pastors Come From? and Nexus Fundraising Thermometer – New Year Reflections on Our Future as Church – Pastoral Formation Gains Support – What Kind of Pastor Does the Church Need Today? part 3 of 3 – Attention, Please! – Pastoral Formation Project Needed Now More Than Ever – Praying to the Lord of the Harvest – What Kind of Pastor Does the Church Need Today?, part 2 of 3 – What Kind of Pastor Does the Church Need Today, part 1 of 3 | | – Mar 2020 – Jan 2020 – Easter 2018 – Lent 2018 – Lent 2018 – Lent 2018 – Epiphany 2018 – Epiphany 2018 – Thanksgiving 2017 |
Politics | No Political Divisiveness | | Aug 2020 |
Post- modernism | – Postmodernism Gone Viral, Part 3: Responding to My Critics – Postmodernism Gone Viral, Part 2: Sloppy, Tendentious Exegesis – Postmodernism Gone Viral: What is Disingenuous About the ELCA Social Statement | | – Sept. 2019 – July 2019 – May 2019
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Prayer | – Pray Earnestly to the Lord of the Harvest | | – Easter 2018 |
ReconcilingWorks | – Seminary Professors Give Solid Biblical Support for Traditional Views – https://www.lutherancore.website/2021/07/15/what-does-reconcilingworks-want/ – The Key Question Remains Unanwered – Don’t Be Led Astray – June 2020 Letter from the Director – Why Are You Here? Because You Are here. – ELCA: Answer the Question! – Part 2 – Obsessed with Diversity | | – July 2021 – July 2021 – Sep 2020 –July 2020 – June 2020 – Jan 2020 – May 2020 – Nov 2019 |
Repentance | – Repenting of the Sins of Our Nation: Part I – Accepting the Call | | – May 2021 |
Retirement | – February 2020 Letter from the Director | | – Feb 2020 |
Revisionism | – How the Revisionists Re-Framed the Sexuality Debates – Not Here To Be Boiled | | – Sep 2020 – Nov 2019 |
Seminarians | – Don’t Be Led Astray – Review of Queer Eye, Season 5, Episode 1 – PDF of Confessional Resources | | – July 2020 – July 2020 – June 2020 |
Same Sex Marriage * See also ELCA and LGBTQIA+ Agenda | – How the Revisionists Re-Framed the Sexuality Debates – June 2020 Letter from the Director – Letter to ELCA Leadership Following Same-Sex Marriage Decision | | – Sep 2020 – June 2020 – June 2015 |
St. Paul Lutheran Seminary | – St. Paul Lutheran Seminary Trains Christian Workers | | – Thanksgiving 2017 |
Society of the Holy Trinity (STS) General Retreat | – Not Ashamed or Afraid to Call God Father | | – Oct 2019 |
Time (Past, Present, Future) | Why They May Not Hear You | | Mar 2020 |
Tributes | Tribute to Paull Spring Tribute to Paull Spring: Remembrance | | – Nov 2020 – Nov 2020 |
Unity | – Unity, Truth, and Renewal – This Crisis Calls for Unity in Christ True Unity: Reflections on the Augsburg Confession, Part 3 | | – July 2020 – July 2020 – Mar 2020 |
Veterans and LMVFM | – We Never Close | | – July 2020 |
Video Book Reviews | – Video Book Reviews – July 2021 – Video Book Reviews – May 2021 – Video Book Reviews – March 2021 – Video Book Review: Synopsis – Video Book Reviews | | – July 2021 – May 2021 – Mar 2021 – Jan 2021 – Nov 2020 |
Worship Resources | – Increasing (In-Person) Worship Attendance: “One Sunday at a Time” – Navigating the Copyright Minefield When Live Streaming Worship – Send Me Your Best Sermons – Letter from the Director, August 2020 – Prayers for Pentecost Sunday, May 20, 2018 | | – May 2021 – May 2021 – Mar 2021 – Aug 2020 – Easter 2018, p. 4 |
Youth Ministry Resources | – Spring Devotional – Pray for Kanye – Our Thursday Night Group: The Lord Can Do This Anywhere – An Appeal to Youth: Take Yourself –And Jesus — Seriously – Where Will Our Future Pastors Come From? – The Christian Faith: Catechism for the Curious – Faith Webbing – We Need a Translator! (Jenkins) – Outcome-Based Youth Ministry – What Happened to Timothy? (Nexus Institute provides summer theology training for high school students) | | – May 2021 – Mar 2021 – Mar 2021 – May 2020 – Mar 2020 – Nov 2019 – Nov 2018 – Oct 2018 – Sep 2018 – Easter 2018 |
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