The LCMS In Her Own Words – Leadership has Replaced Faithfulness
(from Pr. Rossow) In this column we will be passing on extended quotes from various LCMS communications from around the synod. The intention…
(from Pr. Rossow) In this column we will be passing on extended quotes from various LCMS communications from around the synod. The intention…
I’m a lay person who has been constantly being educated in what it truly means to be a confessional Lutheran. I love it!…
Mollie here. So the July 2008 issue of Board Briefs indicates that the 2008/2009 budget for KFUO is $3,761,960. A reader notes that…
Mollie here. One of the two most discouraging things to happen in Synod this year was the resignation in March of Pastor Edward…
Mollie here. So I was reading my copy of the Reporter tonight and see that the quarterly newsletter from the LCMS Board of…
(from Mollie) Today we commemmorate Johann Sebastian Bach, the most wonderful composer of all time. Or, as the Aardvark put it last year:…
(From Pr. Preus) 10. Overseas missionary. Really bad job security. 9. Any one whose sole job is working for Fan into Flame. “How…
(from Pastor Rossow) Because the relationship between BJS and Issues, Etc. is informal, based on mutual benefit, (BJS does not manage Issues and…
(from Pr. Rossow) Before I get to my day in Texas, I suggest you take a gander at a new blog site. A…
(Something LCMS Inc. doesn’t want you to know!) A short story: We were sitting in a district meeting with a mission executive from…
(from the Texas Confessional Lutherans) Most of you, if not all of you, will be shocked how the offering dollar is used! The…
(from Mollie) I can’t remember how large the six-figure salaries are that the bureaucrats in St. Louis make each year. Some certainly are…
(from Mollie) Richard John Neuhaus in First Things: A priest on Long Island tells me that, when he was newly ordained, he had…
(from Pr. Preus) The Synod brought James May home and our church’s presence on West Africa has been virtually lost. We have withdrawn…
Some of our comments are so good I have to make sure you all get a chance to read them. This one comes…
A couple of times a month we will be posting new cartoons from Pastor Blazek. He is a brilliant satirist and excellent draftsman….
(Editor’s note: This is a new column that will introduce to us those who were not born Lutheran but have been bred so…
(from Pr. Preus) In a recent blog I made a comment about the use of projection screens during services which solicited no small…
Check out this AP story: A man says he was so consumed by the spirit of God that he fell and hit his…
Mollie here. Among the books I’m planning to read in the next month is one recently published by a Lutheran friend in the…
Mollie here. This really has nothing to do with Lutheranism, but it’s so universally awesome that I had to post a link. Apparently…
(from Pr. Rossow) Our first chapter start-up kits went out less than a month ago and already we have chapters formed in New…
(from Pr. Preus) I believe that I have studied more theology and learned more during the last seven years than at any other…
When I was a young man, I served in the U.S. Navy. During my service, I made three tours to Vietnam. On one…