Tragedy and Triumph – Bishop Elisa Called to Heaven
We just received word through Brother of John the Steadfast Jon Townsend that Bishop Andrew Elisa has been called to heaven. There is…
We just received word through Brother of John the Steadfast Jon Townsend that Bishop Andrew Elisa has been called to heaven. There is…
Yesterday Mollie introduced us to a fascinating article on the Ablaze program written by insider Rev. David Vaughn. Rev. Vaughn is a mission…
The article Mollie referred to in her last post is now available on the site. You will most likely have the same love/hate…
You may be interested in an fascinating analysis of the Ablaze! program from an LCMS mission executive. The Rev. David Vaughn served as…
As a word or three of introduction, my Mother-in-law, my wife, and I were involved in the project that BJS is promoting below….
(Editor’s Note: This is the fifth and final post in this series on the Emerging Church by lay theologian Scott Diekmann. Check out…
For those of you who have said that you want to start the Online Reading Group when we start at the beginning of…
(One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to train the Brothers in good practice and theology. This article is…
Here’s a quick note while I take a break from finishing the sermon for this week. I have some statistics that undermine the…
If I were the devil I would try to get people to stop singing hymns. What a great idea, if I were the…
(Rev. Simcak writes on behalf of the Texas Confessional Lutherans. Their other posts can be found on the Regular Columns page of the…
The Brothers of John the Steadfast have added another chapter. It is located at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lockport, Illinois. This is…
Manly Christmas Christmas has turned into a holiday for kids and women. The kids have their toys while Hallmark and HGTV have seen…
(Editor’s Note: Jon writes a column for us titled “I Desire Mercy and Not Satire but a Little Satire is Good for the…
Picking on Rick Warren’s theology of the two kingdoms is like shooting ducks on a pond. For that matter, picking on Rick Warren’s…
An item came across my desk from the Cyberbrethren email list this morning that I thought would be excellent to share with the…
(This is part four of a five part series from layman Scott Diekmann. Check out his blog at Stand-Firm.) Last time, we explored…
For those of you who have said that you want to start the Online Reading Group when we start at the beginning of…
(One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to train the Brothers in good practice and theology. This article is…
In the first six months of the existence of the Brothers of John the Steadfast website I have spent more time in the…
A quick announcement from your behind-the-scenes programmer here at BJS .. I’ve added a “Related Posts” section to the right column when you…
Sometimes boards enter into executive sessions to discuss sensitive matters that the members don’t want heard by a larger populace — either by…
Well, who knows what is going on? The Bethlehem, Renton site is back up again. We will keep an eye on it and…
Thanks to all of you who have taken the Book of Concord Quiz that we recently published! It’s nice to know that 138…
This is a followup to our previous post on this topic. Yesterday afternoon I started to dial the phone number of the Northwest…