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Month: October 2009

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…

Posted On 31 Oct 20093 Nov 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…

Posted On 30 Oct 2009

Dr. David Scaer Gives Matt Harrison’s New Book High Marks

Review: “Reconnect with Synod’s Noble Past”                                  …

Posted On 30 Oct 200930 Oct 2009

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…

Posted On 29 Oct 200929 Oct 2009

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…

Posted On 29 Oct 200928 Apr 2010

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…

Posted On 29 Oct 200929 Oct 2009

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…

Posted On 29 Oct 200914 Sep 2018

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….

Posted On 28 Oct 20092 Dec 2009

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…

Posted On 28 Oct 20095 Apr 2010

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…

Posted On 27 Oct 200924 Nov 2009

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…

Posted On 27 Oct 200927 Oct 2009

Tell Us What You Really Think about the Blue Ribbon Proposals…

The author has retracted this post.

Posted On 27 Oct 200927 Oct 2009

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…

Posted On 26 Oct 200926 Oct 2009

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…

Posted On 26 Oct 200914 Sep 2018

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…

Posted On 25 Oct 200925 Oct 2009

“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…

Posted On 24 Oct 200918 Jul 2010

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…

Posted On 24 Oct 2009

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…

Posted On 23 Oct 20098 Jun 2010

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…

Posted On 23 Oct 200914 Sep 2018

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…

Posted On 22 Oct 200914 Sep 2018

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….

Posted On 21 Oct 200921 Oct 2009

“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…

Posted On 20 Oct 200914 Sep 2018

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…

Posted On 20 Oct 200924 Oct 2009

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…

Posted On 19 Oct 200921 Oct 2009

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…

Posted On 17 Oct 200917 Oct 2009

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