I can recall hearing, as a first year seminarian, one of my professors criticize Pastor Rick Warren’s book The Purpose Driven Life. Upon hearing this critical assessment, I was deeply angered. I thought that his actions were severely inappropriate and that it was not proper to disparage another fellow Christian who was simply attempting to promote the Christian faith. From my reasoning, the presence of a Christian voice was better than the absence of a Christian voice and it was certainly ... |
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Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. – Jude 3
You may note that some major “Christian” movies are coming out over the next months. At the close of February “Son of God” was released (from the same people who made “The Bible” on the History Channel last year). ... |
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Videos from the 2014 Symposia conference have been posted at the CTS Media site. Here's a presentation from the always thought-provoking Dr. David Scaer entitled "Lutheran Distinctives as Theological ... |
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“Our Father Who Art in Heaven” (Matthew 6:1-21; The Lord’s Prayer)
You know, during Lent there is a strong tradition to do a series on some part of the Catechism. And that’s what we’re going to do for this Lenten season. Today we begin a nine-part sermon series on the Lord’s Prayer. I’m calling it “Lord, Teach Us to Pray,” which is what the disciples asked Jesus to teach ... |
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Dr. Martin Luther's Small Catechism has been associated with the season of Lent since the time Luther first published in chart in time for Lent in 1529.
In his sermon of March 25, 1529, he says: ... |
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Readers of BJS - every once in a while we ask you to consider supporting situations of need. This is one of those times. An LCMS family of 8 just lost their home to a fire on Thursday, Feb ... |
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They are words as old as sin – words that are now as natural as life itself. Yet, they are words that are fought against, denied, and ignored. They are words that hang over every man, woman, child, ... |
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The following article is taken from Mr. Jim Pierce’s presentation at the Wyoming District’s Tell the Good News About Jesus Convocation held on January 31, 2014 through February 1, 2014. This is ... |
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Sermon Text: 6:1-6, 16-21
Ash Wednesday
March 6, 2014 AD
In the Name + of Jesus. AMEN!
Beloved in the Lord,
The Way of Wisdom
The way of Jesus is the way of wisdom. It is the way of the ... |
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Click here to listen to this week's show.
This week on LampLight Conversations, Pastor Randy Asburry, who serves at Hope Lutheran Church in St. Louis MO, and also co–hosts Steadfast ... |
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Falat Julian
Ash Wednesday, watercolor, 78 x 113 cm (detail)
So, what are the supposed pagan origins of Ash Wednesday and Lent?
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In the course of discussing the ethics of abortion, there's a question I've found to be helpful in framing the Christian viewpoint, and it's simply this: What is a baby? Of course, we all know a ... |
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Great focus for the start of Lent found on Pr Todd Wilken’s blog, The Bare Bulb.
“God does not want to redeem us through our own, but through external, righteousness and wisdom; not through one ... |
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Sermon Text: Matthew 5:21-37
Audio of Sermon: CLICK HERE
Grace and Peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
You have heard it said, that we are to read the Bible daily ... |
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In today's world uniqueness and individuality are praised and encouraged ad nauseam. You can be anything you want to be, do whatever makes you happy, or as the Fleetwood Mac song says “You Can Go ... |
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This post is meant to be fun, but it also makes a serious point.
In the course of writing for and serving as Associate Editor here at BJS I have found that lots of folks take issue with our ... |
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Last weekend I had the opportunity to speak at the 'Making Disciples Conference' in Fairview Heights, IL. This was one of the conferences sponsored by Brothers of John the Steadfast. At the ... |
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“Full of Good Works, Dearly Missed, in Resurrection Hope” (Acts 9:36-42)
Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts ... |
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Every week at divine service and maybe every day at home, we pray the Lord’s Prayer, but do we realize its meaning for our faith and life and how it relates to Jesus’ redemptive work for us? ... |
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Rev. Brent McGuire discusses the Evangelical use of Revelation 20:5-6 to support a 1000 year reign of Christ on Earth.
http://wittenbergmedia.org/audio/REPT_Revelation.20.5-6.mp3
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