24/02/23Hope for the Soul Broken by Our Culture’s Sexual Insanity Our goal for every precious, eternal human soul is not for them to agree that we are right on issues—including those of human sexuality. Our goal, and God’s desire, isRead More
10/02/23Intercessor Team Update – FebruaryDear Praying Friends, This is a new voice writing this near-monthly letter, and I want to thank Pastors Wayne Hjermstad and Kirk Flaa for a DECADE (believe it orRead More
14/12/22Why Life? In October, God blessed students and friends of the Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary with a visit from Megan Almon, a polished and experienced bioethics presenter. Megan applied pro-lifeRead More
02/12/22Advent—Awaiting the ComingThis season, the season of Advent, has become one of my favorites. These days mark the start of the church year, something for which I gained an appreciation in pastoralRead More
04/11/22All the “Shuns”Toward a theologically robust philosophy of education Meaningful work fills our days at Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary. Among other activities next week (like the 7th Annual Friends ofRead More
28/10/22Four Very Good DaysThe past few years have made ministry success hard to measure. Several institutions of Christian higher education didn’t make it through the pandemic. Several others have experienced precipitously low enrollment.Read More
13/10/22Of Accuracy and PrecisionLast week I wrote about the need for Christians to SAY something rather than to rely on strategic ambiguity or opposition to other viewpoints. The Christian worldview depends on certainRead More
30/09/22You’ve Got to Say Something [Jesus] said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Matthew 16:15 (ESV) One day Jesus instructed his disciples with a general question: “Who do people sayRead More
16/09/22BeginningsWe have just finished our third week–and first full week–of the new academic year at Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary. This is our 59th academic year, and we willRead More
05/08/22I’m Glad I Came to FLBCDuring my junior year at South Dakota State University (fall of 1994 if memory serves) I took an anatomy class for one of my humanities. It was a large classRead More
01/07/22So Now What? Reflections on Dobbs and 50 years of RoeRoe v. Wade and I were born in the same year. I have never known America without the ubiquitous ability to kill one’s own child. To date, some 63 millionRead More
19/01/22What’s with the Red Balloons?Every spring I teach a second year Bible College class called “Apologetics and Christian Thought,” which I abbreviate “ACT.” I tend to invest the first session of any course inRead More