Bethany Lutheran – Naperville, Illinois has a “This is Your Grandfathers’ Church” All Saints Celebration, by Pr. Rossow
Blessed Reformation and All Saints Days to all our readers! At the parish I serve we like to have as many actual feasts…
Month: October 2009
Seminaries: Beware Who You Host – President Kieschnick and All His Men May Not be much Interested in Retaining Residency Seminaries, by Pr. Rossow
This notice appeared at the Ft. Wayne Seminary: P R E S I D E N T ‘ S O F F I…
Dr. David Scaer Gives Matt Harrison’s New Book High Marks
Review: “Reconnect with Synod’s Noble Past” …
Church Growth / WCA long-term impact on a church.
Below is a comment that came in regarding the WCA article on the BJS site that we felt was worthy of posting on…
409,703 Clams, Bucks, Smackers, Dead Presidents and/or Cold Hard Cash Spent On Consultants by the Synod for Structure Proposals, by Pr. Rossow
Thanks to Rev. J Wheeler who went straight to the LCMS Treasurer Tom Kuchta, we now know how much was spent on consultants…
Fill “˜Er Up With Law Please
We continue to bring you things that we find around the web .. here is another post that we found on Scott Diekmann’s…
Part IV of Martin Noland’s Essay on Laymens’ Rights — Contemporary Challenges to Laymen’s Rights in the LCMS: The Blue Ribbon Proposal
(Editor’s Note: for an introduction to this essay and for Part I click here. For Part II click here and for Part III…
Let’s Not Tinker with Article II of the Constitution, by Klemet Preus
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….
A New and Disturbing Revelation from the BRTFSG: Religion and Cultural Pluralist Consultant is the Guiding Force Behind the Blue Ribbon Proposals, by Pr. Rossow
I hope to work my way through the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Structure and Governance’s (BRTFSG) Final Report (pdf) one section at…
Time for a BRTFGS – LCMS Safety Pause Brought to You by Alaska Airlines
I found this on Scott Diekmann’s Stand Firm blog. Scott is a frequent BJS author and commentator, and is an airline pilot for…
The Ministry of Silly Walking Together (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
President Kieschnick’s Blue Ribbon Task Force Final Report It’s . . . Monty Python’s Flying Task Force . . . Man: I’d like…
Tell Us What You Really Think about the Blue Ribbon Proposals…
The author has retracted this post.
Final Blue Ribbon Proposals Published – One Sample of the Control Proposed and the Manipulation of Ideas Used to Support It, by Pr. Rossow
The final report of the BRTFSG is out. (PDF) I will need some more time to thoroughly understand it but I thought…
Part III of Martin Noland’s Essay on Laymens’ Rights ““ The Development of Laymen’s Rights in the Lutheran Church
(Editor’s Note: for an introduction to this essay and for Part I click here. For Part II click here.) I am surprised that…
TCN Troubles in the Congregation: A Godly Exchange Between Necessarily Rough Dan and a Struggling Parish Board Chairman, by Pr. Rossow
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), Reformation sermon by Pr. Charles Henrickson
“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 but Here is a Testimony that He is Evangelistic, by Pr. Rossow
Is Matt Harrison Ablaze? I do not know. Based on the following personal testimony from a reader who attended his presentation in western…
Matt Harrison: At Home in Concordia, Missouri (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Rev. Matthew Harrison, Executive Director of LCMS World Relief and Human Care, was the main speaker…
Part II of Martin Noland’s Essay on Laymens’ Rights – The Pre Reformation History of the Matter
(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…
Laymen’s Rights in Lutheran Congregations: Origins, Developments, and Contemporary Challenges, by Martin Noland
Church historian and regular contributor to BJS Pastor Martin Noland has written a timely review of the significance of laymen’s rights in the…
Rome has Set Up a Structure to Accept Anglicans Opposed to Gay Bishops. Is Lutheran Realignment Far Behind?
Recent decisions by various church bodies to allow homosexual clergy are threatening the arrangement of denominational lines of demarcation in the Christian church….
“A Word to Our Sisters in Christ”, #6 in Spiritual Headship by Pr. Mark H. Hein
(This is the next post in our regular column “Spiritual Headship in the Church and Home” Pastor Hein’s articles on BJS can be…
Making Lemonade out of KFUO Lemons – A Motion to Fund Seminarians’ Tuition
A group of conservative/confessional folks have been thinking about the recent KFUO situation and have crafted a motion that makes lemons out of…
A Modest Suggestion to the DPs regarding their Theses on Worship, by Klemet Preus
I believe that the Theses on Worship (PDF), produced by the council of presidents, while a very helpful contribution to our ongoing discussion…
Petition against the sale of KFUO (FM)
I previously mentioned my agnosticism on the sale of KFUO (FM) and, in fact, my view that the LCMS got a pretty good…