LCMS President Matt Harrison to be Keynote Speaker at Brothers of John the Steadfast Annual Conference in February
From the BJS Newsreel: The BJS conference is only in its third year but is already known for its stellar list of speakers…
Month: September 2010
Sermon talking about Luke 16:19-31
The pastors at my church, as I’m sure many of you experience, really speak the Word in ways that affect us personally or…
NID President’s Report to the Pastors Conference May Suggest the Harrison Effect has Commenced, by Pr. Rossow
In my opinion the report I heard from my bishop, Dan Gilbert, at the Northern Illinois District (NID) South Region Pastors Conference, suggests…
Armed Guards Remove LCMS District President from Voters’ Meeting
Here is some more interesting news from the lawsuit in California. Can it get any stranger? We wish we could verify all of…
New Book — Lutheranism101 — from CPH
There’s a new book from CPH, Lutheranism101 written by many Pastors and Theologians around the LCMS. As happened with many of the great books that…
St. Louis Seminary Replaces Chapel Tomorrow with Small Groups, by Pr. Rossow
The following post will appear in the Concordia Seminary – St. Louis announcements tomorrow. Small Groups TODAY!!! Tuesday, September 28, there will be…
New Confessional Reading Groups listed in our directory
We have recently added two Confessional Reading Groups to our directory. Bay City, MI: The St. John Amelith Confessions Study group meets the…
The Catechumenate, the Rite of Vocation and BJS, by Pr. Rossow
Every so often one gets a little gift in life and the liturgy that makes you smile. I had just such a gift…
Troubling Hierarchical Language from LCMS Attorney
Editor’s Note: The following is from an e-mail from Reclaim News. For more information you can go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReclaimNews/. LCMS Tells Court It…
Great Stuff Found on the Web — Wild Boar on “Desk Job”?
I came across this one in my Google Reader and thought it interesting reading for our Steadfast Lutheran readers. It was found here…
Great Stuff from the Theologically Deep Fountain Known as the WELS, by Pr. Rossow
A little mouse up Milwaukee way alerted me to some wonderful essays on worship and outreach that were presented at a recent symposium…
Higher Things announces 2011 Conferences
We at Steadfast Lutherans strongly recommend these Higher Things conferences for your youth groups, or even for you to attend if you are…
Real-World Religion and the World of Warcraft, featuring Pastor Fisk
From time to time BJS has featured videos from Rev. Jonathan Fisk’s “Worldview Everlasting” youtube channel, where being relevant and technological doesn’t mean…
Profound and Merciful Exchange on BJS – “Lutheran” Contemporary Worship as a Gateway Drug, by Pr. Rossow
Sorry for the long and awkward headline. The only journalism class I had was in eighth grade. I wrote the headline that way to…
Contest to invite Fans to Issues, Etc. Facebook Page
Issues, Etc. is having a contest to generate fans of the Issues Etc Facebook page: You can win a $50 gift certificate to…
Comment Formatting on Steadfast Lutherans
I’ve added a page that talks about formatting text within your comments on this site. People have been asking for this, and I…
An Open Letter to Christian Parents, by Pastor Borghardt at Higher Things
In addition to being Steadfast Lutherans in our own faith and holding our pastors up to the true doctrine, we need to be…
Hymnal in every home
I wrote an article for Thrivent a few months ago about Lutheran hymnody and had the opportunity to interview some experts on the…
My Apology for Misspeaking and Clarification on the Worship Issue from the Harrison Installation, by Pr. Rossow
I had a brief conversation with a member of our congregation the other day, Cheryl Magness, wife of our cantor and she helped…
Constitutional Amendments approved by Convention now on to the Congregations
Posted a couple of days ago on LCMSnews, the constitutional amendments have been mailed to the congregations and are going through the process…
Get your Witness, Mercy, Life Together resources
The Synod’s Communications Department has put together some early resources that you can download for your own use. Here’s how they explain the…
President Matt Harrison at Concordia chapel
I’m still on a high from last week’s beautiful installation service at the chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus at Concordia Seminary…
In Defense of Historical Worship – From a Former Advocate of Contemporary Worship, by Pastor Sean L. Rippy
With the discussions about Contemporary Worship happening on SteadfastLutherans, we thought it a good idea to repost this article by Pastor Sean L…
Restructured Synod in meetings
Last week also marked the first meetings of the newly formed International and National Mission Boards. I have no doubt that these boards…
Bishop Obare Takes on the Sacred Cow of Contemporary Worship – Seminaries and President Harrison I Hope You are Listening? by Pr. Rossow
In his sermon at the installation of President Harrison Bishop Walter Obare did the unthinkable. He took on the sacred cow of contemporary…