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Month: January 2012

Lutheran Witness — Worship for the Weary

Here is yet another excellent article found on Lutheran Witness The View from Here written by Rev Tim Pauls. You can subscribe to…

Posted On 31 Jan 201231 Jan 2012

Pastors are Examples to the Flock

One of the recurring themes in the recent discussions about the LC–MS “Specific Ministry Pastor” (hereafter SMP) program is the matter of a…

Posted On 30 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

President’s Think Tank on Campus Ministry & 2013 National Campus Ministry Conference Plans

Pastor Marcus Zill posted this on facebook on January 7th. There have been several comments on BJS asking “what happened at the think…

Posted On 30 Jan 20121 Feb 2012

Sermon — Rev. Tony Sikora — Epiphany 4

Beloved,  Our text for Sunday’s sermon is St. Mark 1:21-28. Blessings, Pr. Sikora Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our…

Posted On 30 Jan 201230 Jan 2012

Tell the Good News About Jesus. Wyoming District being “missional”

Every year clergy and laity from Wyoming (and some from other districts as well) converge on Casper, Wyoming to hear speakers on topics…

Posted On 30 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

Justification Central to Lutheran Hymnody

My parents did not teach my siblings and me to be hymn-Nazis. Rather, they simply taught us good hymns and good theology, and…

Posted On 28 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

Don’t Forget about Our “No Pietists Allowed” Blogs – A Quaint Story about London just Recorded There, by Pr. Rossow

About once a month we get a reader dropping a post onto one of our No Pietists Allowed blogs. This afternoon a pastor…

Posted On 28 Jan 201228 Jan 2012

To Exempt District Campus Congregations From Sale

WHEREAS the Pacific Southwest District Board of Directors at its January 2012 meeting decided to place all 17 real estate holdings of the…

Posted On 28 Jan 201231 Jan 2012

A New Preus Blogging on BJS and Other Improvements, by Pr. Rossow

The Brothers of John the Steadfast (BJS) started a few years ago with Klemet Preus on our blog roll and now we are pleased to…

Posted On 28 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

Choir at 2012 BJS International Conference

Liturgy Solutions just posted a copy of the Introit that will be sung at the conference Divine Service. Let Cantor Magness know if…

Posted On 27 Jan 201227 Jan 2012

The Blessings of Weekly Communion

My church has “forever” had communion every Sunday, but at alternate services. Early service for the 1st and 3rd Sundays, and late service…

Posted On 26 Jan 201221 Apr 2015

Another faithful Chapel sacrificed to District finances?

NOTE:  This has been shared on Facebook by people who attend congregations of the PSW District.  I have talked to the PSW office…

Posted On 26 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

The Best Fifteen Minutes of Theology I have ever Read, Heard or Seen – Fisk’s Critique of the Anti-Religion Guy, by Pr. Rossow

In case you are one of the 13 people who hasn’t seen it yet I thought I would encourage you to view one…

Posted On 25 Jan 201225 Jan 2012

SMP Program is “Mega-Death” for Lutheran Congregations

Because of comments and additional information received by email, the post has been completely revised.   I did the best research I could on…

Posted On 25 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

To Restore a Biblical Pastoral Office in the LCMS

Whereas, the “Specific Ministry Pastor” (hereafter SMP) program was adopted in 2007 with the claim that it would produce “church planters and missionaries”…

Posted On 25 Jan 201230 Jan 2012

Sermon — Rev. Tony Sikora — Epiphany 3

Beloved, This week’s sermon lends itself to Life-Sunday. I pray it is a blessing for you. Pr. Sikora   Grace, mercy and peace…

Posted On 23 Jan 2012

“Net Growth” (A sermon by Pr. Charles Henrickson, on Mark 1:14-20)

“Net Growth” (Mark 1:14-20) Where are the fish? Where have all the fish gone? This is the question on the mind of most…

Posted On 22 Jan 2012

The divided house of Missouri – in the same week the sems divided over SMP.

I am not sure how a schizophrenic can “walk together” but this past week has been interesting.  On the one hand, Pr. Rossow…

Posted On 21 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Megadeth bassist studying for Lutheran ordination at Concordia” (posted by Pr. Charles Henrickson)

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a story in the January 19 edition (written by reporter Tim Townsend) about David Ellefson, a student in…

Posted On 20 Jan 201220 Jan 2012

Fort Wayne President Rast’s Bold Statement about the SMP Program and other Interesting Notes from the Symposia, by Pr. Rossow

There was a critical exchange at the Ft. Wayne Symposia yesterday afternoon. After President Larry Rast’s presentation on the theological formation of pastors…

Posted On 19 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

University Lutheran Chapel and the Law of Love

For at least twenty years I have been puzzled about the place, or function, of ecclesiastical law (i.e., synodical constitution and bylaws) in…

Posted On 19 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

If You Liked the Symposia You’ll Love The BJS Conference, by Pr. Rossow

Two of the Three BJS Speakers Spoke at the Ft. Wayne Symposia! Pictured here are Rev. Jonathan Fisk and Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller. They…

Posted On 18 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

Cyberbrethren on Return to the Lord

Posted On 18 Jan 201227 Jan 2012

Avoid “Life Righteousness” this Sunday!

This Sunday is actually going to be the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, which has in recent history become an occasion for some…

Posted On 17 Jan 201216 Sep 2018

Sermon — Rev. Tony Sikora — Epiphany 2

Beloved, John 1:43-51 serves as our text for the Second Sunday after Epiphany. Blessings, Pr. Sikora   Grace, mercy and peace be unto…

Posted On 16 Jan 201216 Jan 2012

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