Pastoral oversight at KFUO AM
Last month, I pointed out that the LCMS’s Board for Communications Services had approved the radio show “Time of Grace” as a registered…
Month: October 2009
A Suggestion to the COP Regarding their Theses on Worship: Reconsider your Statements on “The imposition of Worship Forms,” by Klemet Preus
Just as DPs are chosen in a manner which seems proper even though all in the church may not concur, so also our…
Invitation to Support Issues, Etc. Via the Reformation Club
We have concluded our annual fund drive for Issues, Etc. and will be announcing the totals soon. As always, we encourage folks to…
Some Thoughts on Christian Etiquette, Part 5, by Pr. Mark H. Hein
We ran across this series of articles written for his parish by BJS member Pastor Mark Hein and got his permission to publish…
President Kieschnick Continues His Strangle-hold on the Blue Ribbon Process; Alternate Delegates Locked Out of the Caucuses, by Pr. Rossow
Here is an actual district office response to a pastor’s request about alternate delegates attending the upcoming caucuses:
A Real TCN Questionnaire from a Real LCMS TCN Congregation Is Telling
In case you are not following the comments on yesterday’s post of the TCN presentation at Concordia, St. Louis, here is something you…
Does BJS Get Ablaze Contact Points for Getting Mentioned in the Media? by Pr. Rossow
Rev. Jacob Ehrhard (Dwight, Illinois) sent me a note this evening with a link to St.LouisToday.com website where we, the Brothers of John…
Rev. Matt Harrison’s Book on Our Grandfather’s Church is Now Available
Rev. Matt Harrison’s long awaited book of essays by previous LCMS presidents is now available for purchase. (Click here to order.) We featured…
KFUO-FM and a failure of leadership
Based on what I know of KFUO-FM’s management and value, I support the sale of the radio station. Still, I think it’s terribly…
Audio Recording of TCN Presentation at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, by Pr. Rossow
TCN (Transforming Churches Network) is a church consulting exercise that the LCMS Ablaze folks created in order to fix 2,000 of the churches…
Yes the Church is Dying – Why I Joined the Lutheran Church, A Comment by Dave Spotts
Here is a comment from our post on the TCN at the St. Louis Seminary. It is by Dave Spotts, a former Calvinist…
Coming Pentecost 2010 – Specific Fundraiser for Corporate Synod, by Ginny Valleau
In case you missed it, the August 2009 minutes (p.161-162) of the LCMS Board of Directors (just published within the last couple of…
Quite A Columbus Day for St. Louis Seminarians – Opening Up New Worlds of Growth with Presentation by the Heterodox TCN Group, by Pr. Rossow
The following was posted in the daily announcements at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis: Monday, October 12 from 3:45 to 5:00 p.m. in Werner….
A Suggestion to the COP Regarding their Theses on Worship, by Klemet Preus
Having praised the council of presidents for their recently released “Theses on Worship,” I now offer one suggestion to our esteemed presidents as…
President Pfotenhauer has Some Critique for President Kieschnick Concerning His Emphases
In 1936 LCMS President Friedrech Pfotehauer delivered an address in River Forest, Illinois in which he says that neither missions nor more synodical…
Survey says?
Concordia University – Wisconsin recently released some results from a survey it’s been working on for several years. The first installments include a…
Must read on the sale of KFUO-FM
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s ace religion reporter Tim Townsend has a fascinating column on the sale of KFUO-FM. Headlined “Evangelism at the heart…
Thoughts on the sale of KFUO-FM
I have previously announced my agnosticism on the matter of whether KFUO-FM should have been sold or not. And I should mention that…
“Why I am No Longer a LCMS Missionary” by Dr. James Tino – A New Blog Revealing Hard Truths About Ablaze and LCMS World Missions
The reason I am not a missionary today is because I wanted to send LCMS missionaries overseas to preach the Gospel and plant…
Last Call for Signatures on our Letter about the Promotion of Heterodox Materials in the LCMS, by Pr. Rossow
Last week we published an alarming post that described how the North Wisconsin District published an article in their district newsletter promoting the…
the Lutheran Clarion – An Apologia for the Historic Liturgy, by Rev. William Weedon
(LCA just released the November issue of the Lutheran Clarion. We are pleased to post articles on the BJS website from one of…
The Theses on Worship Of the COP, by Klemet Preus
Inasmuch as others have seen fit to comment on the Theses on Worship issued last month by the Council of Presidents, it occurred…
Last Call for Convention Nominations! (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
This Saturday, October 10, is the deadline for submitting nominations for the various officers, boards, and commissions to be elected at the convention…
Rev. Matt Harrison to Further Our Grandfather’s Church with a Wyneken Weekend in Baltimore
Rev. Matt Harrision is leading a workshop in Baltimore, MD later this month on one of the fathers of American confessional Lutheranism, F….
At Least They are not Waving to Jesus – Interesting Group Hug by the COP, by Pr. Rossow
Check out this interesting picture of the Council of LCMS Presidents (the District Presidents and the Synod President and Vice Presidents usually referred…