Hymns for the Book of Concord
The Book of Concord is a wonderful devotional book as well as being the formal confession of faith for the Lutheran Church. To…
The Book of Concord is a wonderful devotional book as well as being the formal confession of faith for the Lutheran Church. To…
I presented on this topic for the 3rd annual Wyoming District Men’s Retreat this past weekend. What follows are my thoughts which I…
What I mention in this article is my opinion and thinking out loud. It was prompted by the Synod President’s comments after the…
Calling a new pastor is a great and glorious occasion. It can however be a hard time as well. Your congregation is going…
In The Small Catechism, Martin Luther encouraged Christians to retain the practice of making the sign of the cross. The Missouri Synod, following Luther’s…
Thanks to BJS reader Rick Techlin for posting this pictoral review of the BJS conference on his blog, Light from Light: The…
The “Best Practices for Ministry” description is brief on the convention website. “A FREE conference encouraging pastors, church workers and lay people as…
We are pleased to announce the videos are now available from the recent Brothers of John the Steadfast 2015 Conference held at Bethany…
Complaints are a part of life in a fallen world. Add to that a culture of personal opinions and tastes, and complaint can…
This is a re-post from October 2014 that reflects Luther’s teaching on how to deal with false doctrine and its teachers. “Doctrine…
So with the news of the LCMS inability to deal with one of its most flagrant dissenters since the 1970s, it is sure…
The reasons for Communion every Sunday are surprising. The reasons Lutheran churches fell away from this practice also are surprising. Pr Klemet Preus,…
One of the many points falsely claimed in Christ Myth Theory about the supposed dependence of Christ upon the legends of Egypt is…
Did Christianity Steal the Date of Pagan Winter Solstice Celebrations? The Roman celebration discussed in this article is the multi-day festival of Saturnalia….
This particular claim toward pagan sources for Christianity and Christian Holy Days goes under various names: Jesus Myth Theory, Jesus Mythicism, Mythicism, Copy-cat…
On All Hallows’ Eve 1517 a monk named Martin Luther posted a list of points for discussion and debate at the University of…
All Saints’ Eve, All Saints’ Day: Origins and Samhain-ization Today it seems that everyone knows that Halloween is originally a Celtic pagan holy…
Often the topic of how God governs all things comes up in parish life during suffering and struggles. Questions will arise about God…
When my wife Karla and I were first married, over twenty years ago, I invited her to join me for the banquet at…
If you or your congregation are considering taking that “vote” to remove a pastor (or using such a vote to coerce his resignation),…
This is a reposting of a pair of articles published last year on the origins of Easter and some Easter traditions. The sources…
This is a reposting of a pair of articles published last year on the origins of Easter and some Easter traditions. The sources…
Forty years ago, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (hereafter LCMS) was in an uproar. Its Saint Louis seminary president, John Tietjen, was suspended in…
First, Objective Justification and Subjective Justification are not two different justifications, but rather two parts of the act of Justification. My brother…
A while back, the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America adopted a statement on the doctrine of justification that decisively rejected the teaching…