“Who Are the April Fools? How Do You View Jesus?” (Sermon on 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“Who Are the April Fools? How Do You View Jesus?” (1 Corinthians 1:18-25) “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter…
Month: March 2012
Great Stuff Found on the Web — The Child who Cries in Church Dies in Church
This was found on Pastor Philip Hoppe’s blog, Meditations of my Heart. Pastor Hoppe serves as pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in…
Blessed Holy Week from President Harrison
https://youtube.com/watch?v=27W7-GEuIns%3Fw%3D600
The HHS Mandate and the Cultural Divide
The religious freedom rallies all around the country this past week have reminded us all, once again, how our country is divided between…
The Evangelical Lutheran Church — A No Guilt Zone.
This past week the University of Nebraska announced that a new men’s basketball coach had been hired. Tim Miles, formerly at Colorado State…
Great Stuff Found on the Web — What Would Things Look Like If Satan Took Over Sidney, Montana?
Found on Pastor Matt Richard’s blog, PM Notes. Pastor Richard has been the Senior Pastor of Sidney Lutheran Brethren Church of Sidney, Montana…
Just over 30 days to go and ULC is still conducting faithful ministry in their building.
I just received word that tonight the saints of ULC have joined for a momentous occasion in the life of the congregation as…
LCMS Congregation Becoming an ELCA Congregation
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gilroy, California, is changing denominational affiliations from the LCMS to the ELCA. Although Good Shepherd is Missouri Synod,…
Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns? / My First Hymnal
I found this post on Pastor Christopher Amen’s blog, Babblings. We at BJS are thinking of starting a listing of books that are…
Steadfast Chemnitz — Introduction
When I was asked to write for brothers of John the Steadfast, at first I was reluctant. I’m a new pastor, less than…
Issues Etc. — Talk Radio for Holy Week
Dear Friend of Issues, Etc., Lenten greetings to you! We have produced a special church bulletin insert to be included for the weekend…
Steadfast in the City–Short-Term Mission Trips
In a recent post here on BJS, a link to a video was displayed where a young guy with Fisk-like energy critiqued the…
Sermon — Rev. Tony Sikora — Jesus is Going Where? That’s Amazing! But I’m Still Afraid.
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. AMEN! Our text for this…
Evangelical thoughts about Youth Ministry, somewhat useful for Lutherans.
Found the following post on churchleaders.com. While it’s not a Lutheran site, and there’s some things very wrong with it, the overall point…
A Video on Three Profound Topics: Mission Vacations, The Will of God and Chocolate, by Pr. Rossow
This video was passed on to me by one of our missionaries out in the field. If it moves you to support missions…
Steadfast On Campus — A Common Order
I couldn’t help but follow the discussion on BJS concerning the topic of worship wars titled “Every Sunday Pro-Choice Sunday?” (Who cares that…
An open letter to the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod Concerning Campus Ministry
The following is “An open letter to the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod Concerning Campus Ministry” written by a LCMS college student at…
Steadfast in Worship — Three Words about Worship in the Lutheran Confessions
I would like to spend a little time with three words mentioned by Pastor Martin Noland in his response (comment #32) to my…
Forty Days and Nineveh shall be overthrown!
Far from putting ULC in the place of Nineveh, this post is about the fact that ULC-Minneapolis has forty days left before they…
A Theological Coversation with Jesus: John 3
Since I haven’t posted in a while, here is a sermon I preached in chapel this morning. The text is John 3:1-16, and…
Witness, Mercy, Life Together — District Convention Representation
Found on Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog: With three district conventions down and 32 to go, delegate representation is a subject of considerable…
Sermon — Rev. Tony Sikora — Men Love Darkness But God Loves Men (and Women and Children too!)
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. AMEN! Our text for this…
Theological Cataracts and Cholesterol
This is an article written by Pastor Karl Weber, author of our posts on Reliability of Scripture, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. If…
Seeking Sanctuary and Finding None…
One of those old words used for a church building was “sanctuary”. This word means “sacred place” and has also been noted as…
Steadfast in the City — City Hall Opposition: A Response
While hanging rafters in a Chicago suburb seven years ago, I decided I would go to seminary to be a pastor in the…