This is Your Grandfather’s Church – Reflections for All Saints’ Day, by Pr. Stephen Schumacher
(This is the description for the All Saints’ Day Celebration at Bethany Lutheran – Naperville, Illinois that was printed in the bulletin this…
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(This is the description for the All Saints’ Day Celebration at Bethany Lutheran – Naperville, Illinois that was printed in the bulletin this…
Blessed Reformation and All Saints Days to all our readers! At the parish I serve we like to have as many actual feasts…
This notice appeared at the Ft. Wayne Seminary: P R E S I D E N T ‘ S O F F I…
Review: “Reconnect with Synod’s Noble Past” …
Below is a comment that came in regarding the WCA article on the BJS site that we felt was worthy of posting on…
Thanks to Rev. J Wheeler who went straight to the LCMS Treasurer Tom Kuchta, we now know how much was spent on consultants…
We continue to bring you things that we find around the web .. here is another post that we found on Scott Diekmann’s…
(Editor’s Note: for an introduction to this essay and for Part I click here. For Part II click here and for Part III…
The final report of President Kieschnick’s Blue ribbon task force is on the synod’s web site and the conversation surrounding it has continued….
I hope to work my way through the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Structure and Governance’s (BRTFSG) Final Report (pdf) one section at…
I found this on Scott Diekmann’s Stand Firm blog. Scott is a frequent BJS author and commentator, and is an airline pilot for…
President Kieschnick’s Blue Ribbon Task Force Final Report It’s . . . Monty Python’s Flying Task Force . . . Man: I’d like…
The final report of the BRTFSG is out. (PDF) I will need some more time to thoroughly understand it but I thought…
(Editor’s Note: for an introduction to this essay and for Part I click here. For Part II click here.) I am surprised that…
Yesterday a comment was posted here that sends chills up your spine making us realize how TCN is preying upon naive parishes. The…
“Following in the Train of the Confessors”(Psalm 119:46) Confessors, princes, duty bound, To Augsburg bold they came. Before the king they stood their…
Is Matt Harrison Ablaze? I do not know. Based on the following personal testimony from a reader who attended his presentation in western…
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Rev. Matthew Harrison, Executive Director of LCMS World Relief and Human Care, was the main speaker…
(Editor’s Note: for an introduction to this essay and for Part I click here.) Before we look at contemporary challenges to laymen’s rights…
Recent decisions by various church bodies to allow homosexual clergy are threatening the arrangement of denominational lines of demarcation in the Christian church….
(This is the next post in our regular column “Spiritual Headship in the Church and Home” Pastor Hein’s articles on BJS can be…
I believe that the Theses on Worship (PDF), produced by the council of presidents, while a very helpful contribution to our ongoing discussion…
I previously mentioned my agnosticism on the sale of KFUO (FM) and, in fact, my view that the LCMS got a pretty good…
Rev. Matt Harrison’s long awaited book of essays by previous LCMS presidents is now available for purchase. (Click here to order.) We featured…
Based on what I know of KFUO-FM’s management and value, I support the sale of the radio station. Still, I think it’s terribly…