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Oliver Buchannon
Larry Herzog Jr.

Confessional Lutheran lay teacher and author. AFLC layman in North Dakota.

Ephesians

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There Are No Insignificant Christians

Jul 19, 2026

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3 min read

There Are No Insignificant Christians

Paul says the ordinary Sunday gathering is the theater where God's wisdom is displayed to the watching powers of heaven

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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The Bride from His Side

Jul 15, 2026

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3 min read

The Bride from His Side

A bride drawn from the opened side of a sleeping Adam — the oldest picture in the world of Christ and His Church

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ad Fontes

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The Text the Church Copied for a Thousand Years

Jul 12, 2026

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2 min read

The Text the Church Copied for a Thousand Years

The Majority Text position, fairly presented — and why I do not finally hold it

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

What Horse?

Plans to Prosper You

Jul 12, 2026

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9 min read

Plans to Prosper You

Jeremiah 29:11 was never a graduation card.

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

What Horse?

An Apple a Day

Jul 12, 2026

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8 min read

An Apple a Day

The forbidden fruit was never the point.

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

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The Wall Is Down

Jul 12, 2026

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3 min read

The Wall Is Down

There was a real wall in the temple, with a death sentence carved into it — and Christ tore it down

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Law and Gospel

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The Tax of Seeing Clearly

Jul 11, 2026

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3 min read

The Tax of Seeing Clearly

On discernment, and the contempt it breeds if you let it.

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.
The Altar Call That Never Took

Jul 9, 2026

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10 min read

The Altar Call That Never Took

Why the most earnest ones always had it worst—and where assurance is finally allowed to live.

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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The Word Was a Person

Jul 8, 2026

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3 min read

The Word Was a Person

God created by speaking — not by struggle or violence like the pagan gods — and the Word He spoke turns out to be a Person: the One through whom all things were made

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

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But God

Jul 5, 2026

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3 min read

But God

The bleakest diagnosis in Scripture, interrupted by the two most important words Paul ever wrote

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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Christ at Verse One

Jul 1, 2026

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3 min read

Christ at Verse One

What kind of book is Genesis? The seedbed of the whole Bible — and, if you read with risen eyes, Christ is in it from the very first verse

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

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A Prayer to See

Jun 28, 2026

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3 min read

A Prayer to See

Paul's first prayer for the Ephesians asks not for new blessings, but for eyes to see the ones they already have

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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We Had Hoped

Jun 24, 2026

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3 min read

We Had Hoped

Two disciples on the Emmaus road had every fact — even the empty tomb — and still could not see Christ, until the risen Lord opened the Scriptures and broke the bread

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

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He Chose You First

Jun 21, 2026

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3 min read

He Chose You First

Paul opens Ephesians with the longest sentence in the Bible — twelve verses of pure gift, written so you would remember

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Genesis

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Reading the Old Testament with Lutheran Eyes

Jun 17, 2026

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3 min read

Reading the Old Testament with Lutheran Eyes

A new series begins — The Things Concerning Himself — reading the Old Testament the way Luther read it: as a book that is, from its very first verse, about Christ

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ephesians

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A Letter for Ordinary Times

Jun 13, 2026

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3 min read

A Letter for Ordinary Times

Paul, his prison, and a letter written for the long, unspectacular life of the Church

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.
Whose Are You?

Jun 12, 2026

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4 min read

Whose Are You?

The mark of the beast, the seal of God, and why your Baptism already settled the question

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.
Volume One is out: Genesis

Jun 10, 2026

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2 min read

Volume One is out: Genesis

The first installment of The Things Concerning Himself

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.
The Ledger Knows What We Sing

Jun 8, 2026

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5 min read

The Ledger Knows What We Sing

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.
A new series: Reading the Old Testament with Lutheran Eyes

Jun 3, 2026

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4 min read

A new series: Reading the Old Testament with Lutheran Eyes

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.
The book I didn’t plan to write

Jun 1, 2026

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2 min read

The book I didn’t plan to write

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.
Why "Ordinary Means"

May 27, 2026

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1 min read

Why "Ordinary Means"

Larry Herzog Jr.
Larry Herzog Jr.

Ordinary Means

Confessional Lutheran teaching for lay teachers and weary evangelicals.

© 2026 Ordinary Means.
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