President Harrison’s Open Forum for the ANCA-LCMS Dialogue
Found on Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog: President Harrison gave an address at the ACNA-LCMS Open Forum held at Concordia Theological Seminary Fort…
Month: October 2011
A Reformation Sermon from Pr. Tony Sikora, by Pr. Rossow
Pastor Tony Sikora from Hope Lutheran Church in DeWitt, Michigan is one of my favorite preachers. I am on a list of folks…
Walther Reformation Sermon and Prayer
Received this from a brother in Christ (and in the ministry) this morning. Thought it would be a good read for all of…
ULMA Fall 2011 Meeting Details
ULMA is the United Lutheran Mission Association. They are an independent confessional Lutheran group that is dedicated to establishing new confessional churches. Their…
An Approach to Ministering to Homosexuals, by Pr. Rossow
A post I wrote over a year ago still gets an occasional comment. It was about an openly homosexual man who was at the…
Theological Dialogue with Other Christian Church Bodies
Found on Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog: In light of the third installment of dialogue between the Anglican Church in North America…
Walther proves our arrogance wrong…
In the spirit of celebration I have been trying to read more Walther lately. In the course of my reading, I found the…
STLTODAY — C.F.W. Walther turns 200 today, and this is why you should know who he is
Excellent article on St Louis Today about Walther’s 200th birthday: Many American Lutheran Christians will be marking the 200th birthday of one…
C. F. W. Walther Festive Convocation: Watch Live!
This is going on RIGHT NOW, so it’s a bit late to announce it, but if someone has some free time or can…
Found on the Web — Dormitory of the Faithful Departed.
I found this idea of “Dormitory of the Faithful Departed” interesting on a new-to-me blog, Northern Crossings. Pastor Seter has several other posts…
Reporter — Prague conference draws Lutheran leaders from 20 countries
By Albert B. Collver III By the close of an Oct. 4-7 theological conference in Prague hosted by the LCMS president’s office, many…
Cyberbrethren — Exciting New Mission Program – Revolutionary!
Found on Cyberbrethren .. an excerpt from The Church from Age to Age: A History from Galilee to Global Christianity: “By the…
“We Have to Try” – a perspective on the Koinonia Project from presentations made to the Wyoming District Pastors Conference
I had the privilege to sit and listen to First Vice President Mueller discuss the Koinonia Project with Pastors from the Wyoming District…
Mercy Journeys
Found on Mercy Journeys: And among all the Lutheran bodies there is perhaps none that makes so much of the office of the…
Supporting University Lutheran Chapel at the University of Minnesota
A Resolution of the Montana District Fall Pastors’ Conference Supporting University Lutheran Chapel at the University of Minnesota WHEREAS, the Minnesota South District…
Stand Firm — Jamming for Jesus: Giving Him My Everything
Found on Scott Diekmann’s recently resurrected blog, Stand Firm: The video advertisement for the upcoming New Jersey Jam contemporary worship workshop…
Higher Things — Bad People and Bad Things in Church
Found on Facebook: In this week’s Video Short, Pr. Borghardt answers a question from a young person who doesn’t go to church because…
More on ULC from the Office of the President
Just received this through my email. Glad to see that more is being said! – JVS The Seventeenth Week after Pentecost October…
Pancakes for ULC
University Lutheran Chapel needs our help. Their building is being sold out from under them, and soon they will have no church building….
Necessary Roughness on “First Thoughts on Walther Movie”
Dan Engle over on Necessary Roughness posted this “First Thoughts” of the Walther movie that has been sent to all congregations. We previously…
Great Stuff Found on the Web — How To Appreciate Your Pastor
I found this “liked” by a friend on facebook on a new-to-me blog, We Are All Beggers; Thanks Pastor Anthony Voltattorni for writing…
Worldview Everlasting and BJS Join Forces, Sort Of…Rev. Fisk Accepts Call to Bethany, Naperville, by Pr. Rossow
I will need to watch my step from now on because the Worldview Everlasting samurai swords will be hanging on a study wall…
Breyer nails the Missouri Synod position on the ministry: She’s sort of like a minister
Over at Gottesdienst we are on the cutting edge of sitting around on Wednesday afternoons while our wives are at Parents’ Day waiting…
Reformation Week on Issues, Etc.
The lineup of guests for Reformation week on Issues, Etc. looks great. Don’t forget to tune in. Monday, October 24 – Rev. Paul…