Category: History

February 8, 2025

The Case for Mary (’s Perpetual Virginity)

One point of contention which still divides Christians is the perpetual virginity of Mary (that is, in Latin, the doctrine…

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The Case for Mary (’s Perpetual Virginity)

February 5, 2025

Are We Living in Earth’s Final Hours? (Part 1)

By way of introduction: I am Rev. Travis Heide, pastor at Mt. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church in Swift Current, Saskatchewan….

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Are We Living in Earth’s Final Hours? (Part 1)

January 30, 2025

The Waltherian Tradition of Ministry (Part I)

Why the Apostolic Succession Debate Matters (Rev. Heath R. Curtis) C. F. W. Walther (1811-1877) was first President of the…

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The Waltherian Tradition of Ministry (Part I)

January 17, 2025

Church Fathers on the Real Presence

Ancient Church Pre-Nicaea Ignatius of Antioch (~110): “They abstain from the Eucharist and prayer, because they refuse to acknowledge that…

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Church Fathers on the Real Presence

January 17, 2025

The Augsburg Confession & the Heresies It Condemns

One of Martin Luther’s lifelong opponents was a theologian named Johann Eck. Eck became one of the Roman Catholic Church’s…

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The Augsburg Confession & the Heresies It Condemns