Pastor Fritz Foltz

Pastor Foltz is Pastor Emeritus of Saint James Lutheran Church in Gettysburg, PA and author of the the Frontline Study content.

Lesson 5: Biblical Scenarios

Lesson 5: Biblical Scenarios

There are a number of scenarios for the future in the Bible. Sadly, popular Evangelicalism has promoted those that do not offer much hope for 21st century believers. For instance, the Risen Jesus returning on a cloud assumes an ancient cosmology in which God resides in a heaven above and comes down to earth to […]

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Lesson 4: Hope and Prophecy.

Lesson 4: Hope and Prophecy.

I was not sure where to go from here. I began with Karen’s question of whether faith offered a healthy optimism about positive change in society. After looking at how this was asked throughout the Bible, I elected to reduce it to whether there is even a future considering the violence of society. My first […]

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Lesson 3: The Christmas Story

Lesson 3: The Christmas Story

Let’s examine how the question about the future is handled in the Christmas story. Matthew and Luke ask how there can be a child in the future if there is no sexual relationship. How can there be a future if the imperial empire forces a woman to travel in the final stages of pregnancy? How […]

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Lesson 2:  Biblical Questions about the Future

Lesson 2: Biblical Questions about the Future

The goal was to find some help from Christianity in answering the question, “Is there a future in light of the present world situation?” The first thing that struck me was that the fatalism many of us fight is derived from what is happening around us. How can you be optimistic, considering what is happening? […]

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Lesson 1: Is There a Future?

Lesson 1: Is There a Future?

Karen echoes what I hear from many friends when she writes, “Maybe we need to explore healthy optimism as a positive result of faith. I feel overwhelmed by the events of day-to-day living that make it feel like there is little likelihood of positive change coming. It is often hard to keep showing up and […]

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Lesson 8: Woke Christianity  and Reality

Lesson 8: Woke Christianity and Reality

I started this series by observing many of my friends were asking “What exactly is woke?” After about two months, I am willing to define it as awareness, a basic value in all the great world religions. They all claim to discern reality that is described as facing the truth, providing a healthy way of […]

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Lesson 7: Woke Christianity and the State

Lesson 7: Woke Christianity and the State

Last week, I suggested we are in a cultural revolution in which people turn to name-calling and invoking God when rational arguments fail. One reason I decided to write on Woke Christianity is I’m surprised that more people are not in an uproar over the misuse of God in this conflict. MAGA claims our nation […]

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Lesson  6: Woke Christianity and Cultural Revolution

Lesson 6: Woke Christianity and Cultural Revolution

Last week a dear Black American friend said she regretted not being able to use Woke any more. She was referring to politicians making it a term of derision but also all sorts of other causes including themselves in a part of black culture. Hearing her say this made me aware how involved the issue […]

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Lesson 5: Woke Christianity and Sex

Lesson 5: Woke Christianity and Sex

Last week I asked our Sunday School class what Christianity had to stay woke about in church history. In no time they came up with antisemitism, racism, and feminism. That last one has been front and center lately. I always start trying to understand what is going on by remembering what happened in the New […]

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Lesson 4: Woke Christianity and the Jews

Lesson 4: Woke Christianity and the Jews

Let’s see where we are so far. My goal is to provide some insight since woke is increasingly being used by politicians as a derogatory label for their opponents. It’s hard to nail down the term’s core meaning because they are most interested in its emotional connotations, especially those conveying disloyalty. I am suggesting the […]

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