A couple of days ago, Pastor Rossow asked if promoting bands whose music included heterodox theology was an issue of doctrine or practice. (President Kieschnick is fond of saying that the LCMS is united in doctrine but divided in practice.)
One BJS reader passed along an "open letter" from a non-denominational Christian artist who was trying to drum up some dates at LCMS churches = for his "concert ministry". To do so, he included "testimonies" from a variety of LCMS pastors. The idea is ... |
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One reader (Thanks, Harold L!) pointed out the website of Faith Lutheran Church in Geneva, IL (NID, LCMS), that has some odd things on it such as Faith Healings, ... |
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With all due respect to Pastor Mueller, I don’t think he could have misunderstood my address any more than he did. He seems to have heard the very opposite of what I actually said.
As I said in my address (see below), the myth of LCMS Exceptionalism is the belief that the LCMS is more or less immune from serious ... |
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I have just finished listening to Wilken’s presentation on "The Myth of LCMS Exceptionalism." As always in rhetoric, he who defines the issue wins the argument. If I understand his point, ... |
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I happened on this from Pastor Schlueter's blog, Straight Schlueter.
Contemporary Worship and the Gospel of Relationship
by Rev Paul Schlueter
I recently had the opportunity to attend the ... |
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The LCMS national youth gathering organizers have scheduled bands to play at the gathering that are heterodox in theology (i.e. they mix false theology with Biblical theology).
President ... |
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We thank a BJS reader for alerting us to this troubling development. Here is a disclaimer on the bottom of the website promoting the bands that will be playing at this summer's LCMS national youth ... |
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I've posted several items from Pastoral Meanderings from Pastor Peters and found the following today. I'd caught the article he refers to about Why Lutherans Can't Evangelize earlier, and Pastor ... |
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The following came in on the LCMS World Relief and Human Care enewsletter this morning. To subscribe to the list, type your name below and click the submit button. To read more about LCMS WRHC ... |
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March 18th is the second anniversary of the cancellation of Issues, Etc. I've found on at least two places on the web a request for people to drop a "Moneybomb" on them that day.
We at BJS have ... |
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Next week is Lutheran Schools Week. Lutheran schools across the country will be celebrating in various ways. From a recent Reporter, we learn:
"National Lutheran Schools Week is a chance for ... |
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