Andy Wright

Rev. Andy Wright is senior pastor of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Topeka, Kansas. He is currently a PhD student in doctrinal theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, focusing on the Lutheran Confessions. In the summer of 2022, he taught a class on the Formula of Concord at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Pretoria, South Africa.

Do You Need to Go to Church to Be a Christian?

Andy Wright
October 28, 2024

In our day and age, does the church really matter? Several years ago, there was a video making the rounds on social media that claimed Jesus is greater than religion. The whole premise of the popular video was that believing in Jesus was something higher than the church: a personal faith that exists in and unto itself. Though the video didn’t quite phrase it that way, this was the message it conveyed. The video resonated well with many people because it made them think that in the end, the church doesn’t matter. What matters is simply what you believe and that you are in the driver’s seat in this whole Christianity thing because after all, Jesus is greater than religion.

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What Does It Mean to Confess Christ?

Andy Wright
July 29, 2024

When questions arise about what we believe, God calls us to confess Him. We do so as people known personally by God and who confess Him in a very personal way. When we confess Jesus and what he has done, we do so as a people who belong to Him. This forms not only how we confess Jesus but what we say about Him.

This blog is excerpted from Faithfully Formed: The Lutheran Confessions in Daily Life by Andy Wright.

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