The sheep judge the shepherd…sometimes men need to be defrocked.
A few weeks back I posted an article on congregations forcing good pastors out. It may be a good idea to reread that…
Month: December 2011
New “draft” minutes of MNS District BOD meeting are public…
See the minutes here: Some of my thoughts: Apparently, the company purchasing ULC is willing to have chapel and office space for ULC…
New Video Hymn from Time Out — What Child is This
From our friends at Necessary Roughness: Merry Christmas! I humbly submit to you Time Out’s second hymn video, “What Child is This.”…
“Home for the Holidays” (Sermon for Christmas Eve, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“Home for the Holidays” (Luke 2:1-20) “Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays.” So goes the familiar Christmas song. And it…
Gaiety Lost, My Mother, and Ave Maria – The Difference Between Now and Then, by Pr. Rossow
My mother is in town for Christmas and I got to hear her retell a story about standing up for Confessional doctrine. It…
More on the Preus Era — Waldo Werning and David Settje review Burkee’s Book
By Martin R. Noland, December 20, 2011 The recent history of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, i.e., the internal ecclesial conflicts of the 1960s…
President Harrison in the Lutheran Witness — The Missouri Synod Needs Advent
Found on The Lutheran Witness: What is the single most critical issue in the life of the Missouri Synod? Is it evangelism?…
An Announcement from scholia.net
Here is an announcement from Pastor Michael L. McCoy, the creator of the scholia.net website, a good source for doctrinally sound, free materials…
Moralistic, Therapeutic, Deism vs the Spirit of Christmas, by Pastor David Oberdieck
By Pr. David Oberdieck Thanks to Pastor Oberdieck for submitting this to us for posting here on BJS. Pastor Oberdieck wrote the original…
Five Simple Scriptural Truths that Rebuke and Correct the Church Growth Movement, by Pr. Rossow
I am convinced that the church growth movement is harmful for the church. Some of you may ask “What is the church growth…
To Rescind Synodical Resolution 3-08A (2004 Convention)
WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in her 62nd Regular Convention in July of 2004 passed Res. 3-08A that “Affirms the Conclusions of…
No comment, just let the man’s words speak for themselves…
OK, one comment – this should give cause to “SAVE ULC” and put your cash where your confession is. From a Minnesota South…
Same old heresy, new name: LCMS OWN
A friend alerted me to this online today. It is yet another effort of Satan to afflict the LCMS with more heresy, this…
Save the Date – Young Bucks Take the Lead at the 4th Annual BJS International Conference, by Pr. Rossow
Save the dates and look for registration information soon for our annual conference. As usual it will be the second full weekend of…
Registration is now open for the ACELC Theological Conference
This has been posted on the Lutheran Calendar — be sure to submit your events to it here, or add the Lutheran Calendar…
Issues Etc — Sacred Music for the Christmas Season
Sacred Music for the Christmas Season from Lutheran Public Radio: Post updated to add the below: [podcast]http://issuesetc.org/podcast/lutheranpublicradio.mp3[/podcast]
WMLTblog — Who Is A Missionary?
Found on Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog: NOTE: Because different church bodies have different definitions of what a missionary is, the LCMS…
Getting Ready for the 2013 Synodical Convention – An Article by Martin Noland in the Recent LCA Clarion
(LCA just released the January 2012 issue of the Lutheran Clarion. We are pleased to post articles on the BJS website from one…
Great Stuff — Lutheran church offers services to local Chinese community
Thanks to a regular BJS reader for pointing out this newspaper article about what his church is doing to reach out to the…