As churches across America, and to a lesser extent other countries, struggle with stay-at-home orders and regulations on public gatherings, the basic elements of ecclesiology and political theology become increasingly relevant where, not that long ago, they may have easily seemed to be only of pedantic, ivory-tower int… Read more…

In his coverage of the Third Commandment, Ursinus applies the right or wrong usage of God's name to prayer. This leads him to a brief discussion of whether, and if so when, we may justifiably use imprecatory prayer like we see in the Psalms. He provides a cautious "yes" and lists a few conditions for appropri… Read more…