What’s A District to Do? A Review of 11 District Initiatives from Minnesota South, by Pr. Rossow
The Districts of the LCMS are for the most part bloated, ideaologically misguided, and inefficient. In partial proof of that thesis let’s look at…
The Districts of the LCMS are for the most part bloated, ideaologically misguided, and inefficient. In partial proof of that thesis let’s look at…
As usual, we have people from far and wide coming to the BJS conference. Registrants currently touch all four borders of the country,…
The “No Pietists Allowed Parties” are now set for the 2013 Annual BJS Conference. They feature scotch, beer, cigars and an Irish pub. Scotch…
When we plan a BJS conference we not only focus on the speakers but also try to recruit preachers who will fill your…
The food at the annual BJS Conference is always great and this year it will be no different. For lunch on Saturday we…
The Iowa East District has got a great new mission plant going just outside of Iowa City. Iowa District East has become one of…
Of course there are much better reasons to attend the BJS conference, like great Bible teaching, time-tested worship, comraderie with fellow copnfessional Lutherans,…
This email that I got the other day from a member illustrates a lot of things. It illustrates life in a confessional parish,…
Pastor Mark Louderback (Christ Lutheran Church, LCMS, Arlington, Tennesee), confessed yesterday on the Steadfast site that he believes the LCMS position on unionism…
Thank you all of our readers, those who agree with our editorial approach and those who don’t, for the continued success of the BJS Blog. …
Like most of the other conservatives, I am frustrated with the lack of progress of the Koinonia project but on the eve of…
Over on the post about licensed deacons an anonymous commenter with the moniker “LCMS Quotes” has dropped a few more pertinent quotes from…
She turned to her husband as they still lay in bed and said “Good morning church member!” This was the first morning they…
Often we get comments on posts that are succinct and poignant and sometimes we have time and energy to make them posts in…
It is time for some Advent watching and praying concerning the Newtown memorial service issue. Charlie Henrickson, one of our bloggers who knows…
When it comes to the two kingdoms, I tend to be an old fashioned, quietest Lutheran. It’s getting tougher in this country to…
The Association of Confessing Evangelical Lutheran Churches has produced some very thoughtful overtures for the upcoming LCMS Convention next summer. We encourage you…
Lutheran Visuals puts out some great stuff. We have used Dr. Just’s video on the liturgy here at our parish. (I…
Over on the “Tale of Two Synods” post from Pastor Daniel Hinton is the following story of how this blog and others have…
Those who resist the historical and liturgical expression of the faith as a human invention would do well to read, mark, learn and inwardly…
When is the last time you heard a District President warn the pastors of his district to stay away from the latest heterodox…
For sure BJS is not a political blog. I am actually surprised and pleased at how seldom the BJS nation inserts political commentary into the…
How would you like to join others in the LCMS for a conference geared toward developing an overture for the 2013 LCMS convention to ordain…
The 2010 LCMS convention asked the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) to work with the synod president to promote confessional Lutheran theology…
Under the new blue ribbon structure the president and other staff have a lot more responsibility for hiring new executives and other employees…