Dr. Gard Accepts Call to Presidency of Concordia, Chicago, by Pr. Rossow
Dr. Daniel Gard has accepted the call to be president of Concordia University, Chicago. We are very pleased with this outcome here at…
Dr. Daniel Gard has accepted the call to be president of Concordia University, Chicago. We are very pleased with this outcome here at…
Dr. Daniel Gard, Professor of Exegesis at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, is the new president of Concordia University Chicago in River…
Several pastors, evangelists, deaconesses and laymen have released a video of their protest outside of the headquarters of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of…
Bill Donohue (you might recognize him as one of the talking heads from Fox News) and The Catholic League have put together a…
The marine layer from Lake Michigan, the dunes and the sandy soil make Southwest Michigan a cornucopia of various fruits: apples, peaches, raspberries…
I just finished signing about 30 of the most beautiful and meaningful confirmation certificates I have ever seen. They are from Agnus Dei…
Is anybody else “mercied” out? I know I am. I and the parish I serve embraced the three-fold ministry emphasis of synod (witness/mercy/life)…
I recently got an email from an older member who asked me why our commitment to the synod in our annual budget is…
We have all heard it from our protestant friends and sometimes even from our Lutheran acquaintances – “Why do you have Jesus on…
The pastors and elders of the congregation I serve, Bethany Lutheran Church in Naperville, Illinois, are interested enough in joining the ACELC as…
We here at BJS have obtained the attached still photo that shows the rock star pastor ascending into heaven just after breaking ground…
The Concordia University System (CUS) is a mess from the standpoint of hiring faculty, program expansion and confessing the faith to the world….
On Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, February 18-19, Pastor James May and I will be traversing the southern Michigan, northern Indiana and…
We are taking a break from our national conference this year and helping to underwrite two regional conferences. One is next week in…
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis Professor Jeffrey Kloha delivered a paper last year to a theological conference in Germany concerning the status of the…
In place of our annual conference, BJS is helping to underwrite a couple of one day conferences across the country in Fairview Heights,…
One of my hobbies is watching college football and basketball (Go Hawkeyes!). A few years ago I saw a clever poster at a…
The capital campaign for Lutherans In Africa (LIA) new Lutheran Center in Nairobi, Kenya continues to raise funds all around the world and from mission-minded folks…
Is this pastor appreciation month? (Don’t you just love Hallmark invented holidays?) I used to know these things years ago before the parish…
I had my own conversion from Church Growth psychology to genuine Confessional Lutheran theology and so I am glad to hear of a…
Most would agree that there are at least two “camps” in the LCMS: 1) the confessional group that sees the Lutheran Confessions as…
In light of the recent encouragement of District President Linnemann of the Northwest District, to unseat President Matthew Harrison and replace him with…
The Brothers of John the Steadfast are joining up with Lutherans in Africa to support the building of a new Lutheran Center in…
The Vigil for Africa will be a live, worldwide event involving as many congregations as possible in a single worship service. Join us…
Here are ten simple points to remember in the current raging debate in the LCMS over preaching sanctification. They are sort of a…