Lutheran Laymen’s Declaration and Petition
This document, authored by Lutheran Church-Canada (LC-C) laymen from Waterloo, Ontario, requests our spiritual fathers to continue to celebrate weekly Divine Services uninterrupted…
This document, authored by Lutheran Church-Canada (LC-C) laymen from Waterloo, Ontario, requests our spiritual fathers to continue to celebrate weekly Divine Services uninterrupted…
The book of Proverbs is specifically written to provide wisdom and instruction, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;…
Advent leads to and culminates in Christmas, so one might wonder why there is such a focus on the end times during Advent….
A question many ask when tragedies and disasters occur is “Where is God in this?” We are living in a time of great…
Unionism is the practice of participating in fellowship with those with whom there is not unity in Christian doctrine. It is a false…
When I filled out my Pastor Self-Evaluation Form some years ago, I was struck by some questions, including one which asks: What do…
A question pastors often get asked is, “I am moving to __________. What is a good church for me to attend there?” This…
No. The LCMS is not becoming a feminist synod. It already is. The LCMS has long abandoned the order of creation. We followed…
If you are angry with God, your anger is misplaced. It doesn’t matter what you are suffering, God is right and you are…
Congregations should have communion statements that summarize their position on closed communion. The statement can be in bulletins, on communion cards, and read…
The Athenians said to Paul, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? For you bring some strange things…
In the face of continual revelations of sodomy and pedophilia perpetrated by Roman clergy, abuse cover-ups, and the enabling of repeated abuse by…
Congregations open and close. Demographics shift. Towns shrink. People move away. Do congregations matter? God’s Word matters. People matter. It matters that people…
When terror or tragedy strikes, it is common these days to claim strength in the midst of weakness and helplessness. For example, after…
Not that you needed another reason to sing good hymns, but here it is anyway: It is well known that music assists in…
In all the discussions surrounding the Third Use of the Law and antinomian leaning tendencies, we would do well to not forget about…
The other day, a fellow pastor called me an optimist who believes he can change the world because I was fighting for a…
It is just another normal day as yet another pastor is thrown out by the congregation God has called him to serve. Is…
The Church is not a democracy. The Church has a King, Jesus Christ her head and Lord. In North American Lutheranism, we seem…
Confessional Lutheran pastors cause strife and conflict everywhere they go. They cause trouble in their parishes by calling sinners to repentance and excluding…
You have perhaps read or heard someone say that the life of a Christian looks exactly the same as the life of an…
We live in a world obsessed with numbers. We count everything. The year just rolled over from 2016 to 2017, as we count…
Eli was derelict in his duties as high priest. He did not keep his sons in check. Working as priests under Eli’s supervision,…
We have both the command from God to pray, and the promise that He will hear us. Sometimes it is easy to pray….
3Sometimes we struggle to forgive. When someone sins against us, we can have trouble forgiving. Especially when we have been really badly hurt,…