Church Fellowship: Bond of Peace Between both Preachers and Hearers
Before I begin my delayed vicarage, I need to finish my treatise. I am writing on the church in the theology of John…
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Before I begin my delayed vicarage, I need to finish my treatise. I am writing on the church in the theology of John…
“Talitha Cumi” (Mark 5:35-43) So Jesus is ministering up in the region of Galilee, and here comes a synagogue ruler by the name…
So how has the church responded to the decline in church attendance in America? Rev. Terry Forke has just released an excellent article…
An Overtime Pick One of the longest running solo Lutheran podcasts is Dan Engle’s Time Out. For those who haven’t heard it, a…
Thesis III of Walther’s Law and Gospel in Laymen’s Terms: Understanding the differences between God’s demanding words and God’s words of promise is…
What is decision theology? Decision theology is the teaching that a person is saved and born-again when he makes a decision to accept…
Click here for part 1 of Toward an Apologetic of Mercy Our secular, materialistic society (the zeitgeist) is remarkably similar to that of Roman…
[I was curious to see how the last of the 35 district conventions was going, so I went to the CID website and…
There are lots of reasons to sing. Our culture has become so degenerate that there are very few places where people sing together…
“Astonishing Wisdom, Astonishing Works, Astonishing Unbelief” (Mark 6:1-13) What was the last astonishing, amazing thing you’ve seen or heard about that caused you…
Does Everybody Have a God? What do we love? What do we place our hope in? What do we value? The way that…
1st Timothy 4:12 says, ” Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct,…
Typically I write for Brothers of John the Steadfast on apologetics, an area of special interest. However, in this article I take a brief…
Blessed Martin Luther’s First House Postil for The Fifth Sunday after Trinity (Luke 5:1-11) is one of the most pastoral sermons I’ve had…
Apologia and Diakonia. Two Biblical Greek words that seem to have nothing in common with each other. And yet, they have increasingly become…
From The Constitution of the United States of America, Article 2, Section 1: “Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he…
A Revolutionary Pick I apologize for dipping into the Issues, Etc. back catalog for a second week but it seemed quite appropriate as…
During the time of Martin Luther there were theological presuppositions that had been ingrained in the lives, thoughts and actions of the people….
In the 29 June, 2012 edition of The Week, the following editorial appears. Now The Week only has this one small text box…
Posted by Pastor Marcus Zill on facebook: In case you haven’t seen all of it yet, the following page contains a lot…
I learned a lesson in humility from a book that I recently read. In the book the authors, Mortimer Adler and Charles Van…
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. AMEN! Our text for…
A Pick from the Archives This week’s pick is from the pre-cancelation days of Issues, Etc. and it’s a Sunday night national show…
I spent a week’s vacation last week with my family behind the “Cheddar Curtain” in Wisconsin, as well as in southeast Minnesota. Though…
Several years ago I received the criticism from some parishioners (former now), that I was preaching and teaching with a low view of…