| 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
| | – Aug 2021
– Aug 2020
– Oct 2019
– Sep 2018 |
| 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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