A Brief Review of Lutheran Service Book: Companion to the Hymns
nota bene: I have only had these volumes for about two weeks. I’ve looked through them pretty well, but obviously I haven’t read…
nota bene: I have only had these volumes for about two weeks. I’ve looked through them pretty well, but obviously I haven’t read…
Concordia University Wisconsin (and now Ann Arbor) has a Diversity Resource Guide, where students and faculty are encouraged to learn about diversity, as…
Lutherans are ordinarily not a triumphalistic people, unless we’re at an event with the word “district” or “synod” in the title, so when…
One of the more misunderstood aspects of life as pastors and laymen in the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod is the relationship of…
The pastor’s study is the place where he keeps his library and his writing desk. It is the place where he meditates on…
The continuum of left versus right in American politics is often an oversimplification and obfuscation, as the battle lines shift from issue to…
nota bene: Why is this important? Lutherans have insisted from the very beginning of the Reformation that we are not inventing new teachings…
In a culture full of special snowflakes who need to be validated, how one feels about a thing is generally more important than…
In Greek the word ἰδιώτης (idiotes) is used to refer to that which belongs to one’s own self. The English word idiom is…
No, really! Not just a good conference, but a well-done conference on the topic of goodness! July 19-21, 2016 on the campus of…
For congregations, Holy Week and Easter can often present challenges and opportunities for the proclamation of God’s Word. On the one hand, especially…
Laymen: Would you like to be able to focus on the content of your pastor’s sermon without being distracted by the dozens of…
Each October, the minds of Lutherans turn to the Reformation. It really is a good thing; it’s important always to keep in mind…
“The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd….
Part of the art of rhetoric is knowing what one can defensibly and logically say and knowing what one ought to say. Rev. Joshua…
This, friends, is how the Synod used to teach Bible history, circa 1927. Unashamed to make the good confession — we could learn…
In a generic sense, contextualization refers to considering the context, that is, the situation, environment, time, and culture in which an event takes…
“Another catechism book!? Why can’t we just teach the Small Catechism?” This common — and legitimate — question arises with the publication of…
It’s no secret that context is a major buzzword these days. From marketers who will sell you demographic information about your town (information…
To the recently called men of the two seminaries of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod: Welcome to the brotherhood of the Holy Ministry….
In the course of discussing the ethics of abortion, there’s a question I’ve found to be helpful in framing the Christian viewpoint, and…
We all recognize the question asked by Pontius Pilate in John 18:38, (my Latin students ought to recognize the question as Quid est…
Last week, I had to do one of the most humiliating things a pastor has to do. At least I found it that…
“One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter,” goes the well-known cliche, first written by Gerald Seymour in 1975 in his book Harry’s…
Over at what looks to be his brand-new blog, “Lutheran Pastor Says”, Rev. Harrison Goodman writes that, “It’s time to get out of…