Parallels of Pornography and “Praise” Music
Warning: this post contains sexually explicit material Pornography is wicked. So is the sinful flesh, which is why porn sells. One source reported a “conservative…
Warning: this post contains sexually explicit material Pornography is wicked. So is the sinful flesh, which is why porn sells. One source reported a “conservative…
***Editor’s Content Notice: This article includes language that is not for younger readers.*** Introduction This article provides an introductory sketch of Cultural Marxism…
A Lutheran pastor friend of mine recently posted this status on Facebook: Be sure, before you get defensive, that you understand the difference…
My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of…
If you have paid attention to the news over the last several years you have noticed that there has been a lot of…
Adam did battle with Satan in the Garden Paradise and lost. It was a no-contest, really. By the time round two came around,…
As the world gets further and further away from God’s design for marriage and human sexuality, the more important it becomes for Christians…
Associate Editor’s note: with this post we welcome Pastor Bruce Timm to our usual writing crew. After he gave me the smackdown on…
Prolegomena: This is the sixth and what will likely be the final chapter of the recent discussion on praise bands between Pr. Reeder…
The Sixth Commandment isn’t less relevant with on demand sex around every virtual corner In the not-so-distant past pornography was disseminated in print…
Another “Mark’s thoughts” over on Pastor Surburg’s blog: In what is one of the first New Testament books written, St. Paul says,…
This is a reposting of a pair of articles published last year on the origins of Easter and some Easter traditions. The sources…
“On Us a Light Has Dawned” (Matthew 4:12-25) After Jesus was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth and was baptized in…
Horror of horrors! “American trust in clergy members hits new low.” So says an article at CBS-DC as it explains a recent Gallup poll….
I recently had the privilege of attending “In the World for Good”, a conference on Urban Ministry at Concordia Theological Seminary in…
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (one-year lectionary) Date: Fifth Sunday after Trinity, June 30, 2013 The Rev. BT Ball St. Paul – Hamel, Il….
One of the highlights of the ELS Convention each year is the essay, which focuses on some particular doctrine or practice of the…
Iowa District East has started a new Theological Journal for the Church for the laity in their district. This is one article out…
Second Part: Attacks On The Name and Traditions There are three main things people attack about this Holy Day: They claim that it…
The world we live in has a very narrow view of adultery. This view of adultery is the same view I had when…
Found on ConcordiaTheology.org: The long-anticipated – or long-feared, depending on one’s perspective – official decision to rescind limitations on the use of…
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Our text for this…
“The Christian life is not an exodus from vice to virtue, but rather from virtue to grace.” -Gerhard Forde Growing up as a…
“So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What…
It was suggested in a comment by Pastor Paul McCain that we re-post this post of his published back in 2005 that includes…