Ordinary Means

Doctrinal essays, study aids, and the working material behind a confessional Lutheran Sunday school class. Once a week, give or take.

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The free study environment from Ordinary Means drops the "NT" and adds Library search, Study Packets, Gospel parallels, and Confessional Connections.

Study Library

The Majority Text Position, Fairly Presented — and Why I Do Not Finally Hold It

What Do the Invitation Hymns in the Ambassador Hymnal Teach?

Why the Anxious Conscience Needs a Faith It Did Not Invent

Genesis

A thirty-two-session confessional Lutheran study of the first book of the Bible.

Confessional Lutheran writing for the serious layperson. Each title available on Amazon.

A confessional Lutheran examination of worship and the means of grace.

Returning to the sources of confessional Lutheran theology and practice.

A critical look at the idea of shared moral heritage between Judaism and Christianity.

An exploration of Lutheran thought for those asking the right questions.

A confessional Lutheran field guide to the age of artificial intelligence.

Sobriety, Grace, and the Hand That Won’t Let Go.

A Lutheran Word for the Christian Who Struggles.

The Warrior's Wounded Conscience and the Blood That Cleanses It.