When Doctrinal Review Misses a Question
Note: This essay may be downloaded as a PDF here. Sometimes doctrinal review is like what happens frequently in court. A man driving…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Liturgy: Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
NOTE: This article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Therefore a Christian must cling simply to this verse and let no one…
New Books by one of our authors…
Mr. Tom (TR) Halvorson has been busy at work for the good of Lutherans all over. He has produced a couple of volumes…
Lent Devotional as a podcast
Thanks to the work of Rev. Paul Cain, the Lenten Devotion on the Lord’s Supper is available as a podcast. It can be…
Chemnitz on Earthly and Heavenly Treasures
From Martin Chemnitz (in his Harmony): Chemnitz lays out several distinctions that Christ makes here (Matthew 6) between earthly and heavenly things: In…
Unionism and Syncretism Bible Study
This past Spring I taught the board of elders at my congregation, a wonderful group of 14 Christian men who faithfully serve their…
Concordia, Texas update – Legal records filed with the State of Texas – reveal desires to be free of LCMS oversight… NOW updated with May 2022 records to show this was planned…
The following is the public filing at the Texas Secretary of State’s office. Please take note of the November 8 2022 filed Amendments…
Given and Shed for You – The Lord’s Supper for Lent devotional published!
A while ago we released this year’s theme and service plan for Lent 2023. See it here. Here is the companion devotional for…
2023 Lenten Series – “Given and Shed for You – the Lord’s Supper for Lent” – Service Plan
We are in our sixth year of covering the Small Catechism for Lent, and so we have come to the Sacrament of the…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Liturgy: Invocation
NOTE: This article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Outline Introduction Specialness of the Name Sign of the Cross Significance of the…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Liturgy: Worship in General
NOTE: This essay may be downloaded in a PDF here. Introduction Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of the mighty work that…
Atonement in Our Circles and Church
Note: This article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common…
Commemoration of Saint Paul McCain, Theologian and Publisher
Two years ago this past Friday, our Lord called to himself the soul of Paul McCain. “Our churches teach that the history of…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Lutheran Hymns
Note: The full article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Abstract Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of the mighty work…
A good and godly transition – Steadfast Press
There have been a lot of changes going on at Steadfast Lutherans behind the scenes lately. Those changes will become much more visible…
Advent Devotion Daily Podcast
To listen to our Advent devotions in daily podcast format click here. Thank you to Rev. Paul Cain for making these available.
“Come and See” Devotions now available for download or on Amazon (kindle or softcover)
The devotional for this year is now available on Amazon. Here is the link to the Kindle version Here is the link to…
The Divine Service – an Explanation now in its ELEVENTH printing
— James R. Cutler, November 12, 2022 Announcing the eleventh printing of The Divine Service —an explanation, a pewcard. See more information about…
Synod Board of Directors and President address Concordia, Texas
The chairman of the Board of Directors of the LCMS and the Synod President have issued a statement. See the statement here:
Concordia Texas Decides to Opt out of LCMS Control
See the letter. Not sure how an entity like this can just decide to not abide by the Synod’s governance structure, but here…
“Come and See” – Advent 2022 Midweek Service Plan
This year for Advent we are going to have a lengthy season (the longest it can be). Also during this several festivals are…
Faith-Eroding Errors of Two Popular Theologies
Presented below is the Introduction from this essay. The whole essay may be downloaded as a PDF file here. Introduction Three Theologies This…
Vicarious Satisfaction in the Lutheran Confessions
Summary A prior article (“What Are You Taught About Redemption?“) briefly sketched the orthodox Christian doctrine of Christ’s redemption by vicarious satisfaction; heretical…
Nice Guys Ruin the Consolation of Christ’s Blood
In Scripture and the Lutheran confessions, Christ works the atonement in his life of active obedience (Matthew 3:15), his passive obedience of humbling…
What Are You Taught About Redemption?
Summary This article briefly sketches the orthodox Christian doctrine of Christ’s redemption by vicarious satisfaction; briefly sketches heretical denial of vicarious satisfaction by…