Hymn for the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
This year, the 500th anniversary year of the Lutheran Reformation (1517), the commemoration of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (1530), June 25,…
This year, the 500th anniversary year of the Lutheran Reformation (1517), the commemoration of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (1530), June 25,…
We have Moses and the Prophets, isn’t that enough? If Holy Scripture is God’s infallible Word and the only source and norm of…
Join me Tuesday, April 5, 2:00-3:00 p.m. (Central), as I host “Concord Matters” on KFUO, AM 850 in St. Louis, and streaming online…
One of BJS’ goals is to encourage more laity to be familiar with and/or read the Book of Concord. One way we can…
The Confessions quiz has been updated with a new quiz handler. Click here to take the quiz This is an impressive handler and…
UPDATE, MONDAY, DEC. 16 . . . I just received this word from on high: The show that was snowed out on Saturday–with…
Another installationi of the Weird and Wacky History of Confirmation that was originally posted over on Pr. Surburg’s blog: In the previous…
When I was in the ELCA, as a pastor in Hudson County, NJ, our urban coalition of Lutheran parishes (Hudson Evangelical Lutheran Parish…
I’ve attempted to read through the 95 theses several times, and never gotten past #20 without my eyes blurring and having to start…
I thought the following was good to re-post today; it’s from a year ago. The below is found on the Book of…
One of our goals at Brothers of John the Steadfast is the encouragement for the laity of our church to be reading the…
Here is the second installment in my series on the history of Confirmation. It looks at the practice in Rome up to 800…
Pastor Surburg has started a series looking at the history of Confirmation in the church; the first part was posted on is blog…
Here are some quotes when considering AC XIV: XIV Of Ecclesiastical Order they teach that no one should publicly teach in the Church…
One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to encourage laity in reading and studying the Book of Concord. The…
The below is found on the Book of Concord Website. The “Sources and Context” tab on the sidebar of the Book of Concord…
“A Lonely Monk, Now Long Ago” (Psalm 119:46) A Lonely Monk, Now Long Ago A lonely monk, now long ago, Nailed truth upon…
Greetings in Christ Jesus! Prior to 1530 the Western Church was simply known as the church catholic as there were no denominations prior…