Paul Gerhardt’s last testimony to his only surviving son
While working on the devotions for “No Trouble Troubles Me” I stumbled across this great testimony found over at the Bach Cantatas website….
Author: Pastor Joshua Scheer
Pastor Joshua Scheer is the Senior Pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He is also the Editor-in-chief of Brothers of John the Steadfast. He oversees all of the work done by Steadfast Lutherans. He is a regular host of Concord Matters on KFUO.
Pastor Scheer and his lovely wife Holly (who writes and manages the Katie Luther Sisters) have four children and enjoy living in Wyoming.
“No trouble troubles me” – Easter Devotions – online and in your email…
With everything going on and people unable to return to their normal congregational lives, at the first urging of Rev. Andrew Richard we…
Some examples of congregational response to Coronavirus
The congregation I serve has been working hard to handle all of the many and swift changes going on. I share these as…
MN South DP Woodford gives a great letter for the Synod in regard to coronavirus and the church.
This is an outstanding letter. Please read it. https://steadfastlutherans.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cornavirus_Letter_Two_final.pdf
Will Concordia, New York get out of its Probationary status? Time will tell.
According to their own website, Concordia New York is in trouble. They are on probationary status with their accreditation organization. The reason for…
ACELC to cover the topic of Ecclesiastical Supervision at this year’s conference.
From the ACELC: Please join us this year for our…10th Annual ACELC Free Conference CHRIST FOR US: Ecclesiastical Supervision June 2-4, 2020 LOCATION: …
Some more news on Concordia, Portland.
Sad we have to find out these kind of details from secular news agencies rather than the church body we belong to together….
Reading through the Confessions during Lent? Here’s a great help. Get them read to you…
Rev. Daniel Hinton of Christ Lutheran in Lubbock, Texas has provided a great resource to Lutherans. He is reading through the Lutheran Confessions…
2020 Lent Devotions available as a podcast
Our 2020 Devotions are available as a daily podcast. Rev. Paul Cain has used his technical and vocal abilities to gift us with…
Some notes on Matthew 6:16-21 (with emphasis on fasting)
Useful resources: Luther volume 21 “Sermon on the Mount and Magnificat” Chemnitz – Harmony of the Gospels, volume 1, book 3, part 1…
2020 Lent devotions available on Amazon
If you want to have an excellently put together bound paperback of the this year’s devotions you may get them for $4.49 each…
2020 Lent Devotions Now Available for download and printing.
This year’s Lent Devotion going through the Apostles Creed is ready to be downloaded and printed. This year we have three different files…
Thoughts on the Closing of Another Concordia…
“For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the…
Concordia, Portland to Close.
https://www.cu-portland.edu/news/concordia-university-portland-ceases-operations-after-spring-2020-semester Concordia University-Portland’s Board of Regents voted that the university will cease operations at the end of the Spring 2020 academic semester Saturday,…
Read the Book of Concord for Lent in 2020
Lent is a time when Christians devote more time to God’s Word and prayer. A part of that could easily be the dedication…
LCMS Resolution 9-05 Constitutional Change Ratification Vote
Each time the convention meets it can pass resolutions which may require changes to the constitution of the LCMS. If such a resolution…
A Reformation of Preaching – The Useful Applications of Scripture
The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mayes, a professor at Concordia Theological Seminary has been doing some great work in the name of Lutheran Orthodoxy….
LutheranLiturgy.org is back!
It’s with great joy that I get to announce that the Lutheran Liturgy site is back. This has been a treasure of information…
2020 Congress on the Lutheran Confessions
April 22 – 24, 2020 Crowne Plaza Aire Bloomington, Minnesota THEME: The Second Luther / Matthias Flacius and the Continuance of the Lutheran…
A new site, and a jubilee on comments
The look around here has been freshened up a lot. Since 2018 we have been running on technological fumes just trying to keep…
Lent 2020 – Created to be Redeemed and Sanctified – Service Plan
This year, continuing our effort to bring the catechism part by part to Confessional Lutherans and their congregations we are going to be…
Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary – the “Northern Option” for training to be a pastor
Editors Note: If you enjoy some of the articles on Steadfast over the years, chances are you have encountered articles written by a…
LCMS Commentary on Mark – the good and the horrible of it.
The last volume of the Concordia Commentary on the Gospel of Mark is out. Some interesting things appear to have taken place to…
Advent Devotional for 2019 – Picture of a Profound Mystery – Downloadable and Print copies available
Dear readers – The devotion for Advent this year is finally ready for release. This year we are using Advent related texts to…
Get some good dead orthodox audio into your ears… thanks to Scholia!
Thanks to Rev. Michael L. McCoy for putting this great list together. Instead of the fluff that passes for podcasts nowadays, how about…