Todd Wilken
In civil courts and in human judgment, issues about rights or debts are certain, and mercy is uncertain. But the matter is different in God's judgment. Here mercy has a clear and certain promise and command from God. (Apology to the Augsburg Confession, III, 224). It would make a great episode of Perry Mason or […]
I've always been fascinated by 7-Up. As a beverage, it's only drinkable when mixed generously with whiskey. But as an idea, 7-UP is genius. 7-Up is the stuff of advertising legend. In 1967, the 7-Up company launched the uncola advertising campaign. True to its name, this was an effort to market 7-Up as everything the […]
We are all natural-born theologians. Consider the endless variety of religions in the world. From animism to Zen, from Zoroastrianism to atheism-everyone is a theologian. But not everyone is a good theologian. In fact, by nature, we are all lousy theologians. St. Paul puts it this way: We are fallen, so our natural-born theology is […]
