Wawa Theology
A dear colleague, friend and mentor, Rev. Arthur J. Henne is a ’57 graduate of The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (LTSP). He…
Month: May 2012
Cyberbrethren — Why the Book of Concord is Important
Found on Cyberbrethren: Over the years, it’s been my experience that the people who are the most insecure, shy, and embarrassed about…
Steadfast Media Pick of the Week
I want thank Pr. Scheer and the entire BJS staff for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this site which has edified…
Capital Punishment
In light of the Fifth Commandment; “Thou shalt not murder,” why does the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and, our Catechism [endnote 1] teach that…
Abuse Does Not Destroy The Essence, But Confirms It
“Baptize an infant? No way! We want to wait for our children to get older so that they can actually mean it, so…
Eschatology and Life in the Two Kingdoms
As Christians we are always living in the end times. We are not waiting for them to begin (inaugurated eschatology). The end times…
Great Stuff — A Modest Proposal
Associate Editor’s Note: Pastor Lincoln Winter is a fellow pastor in the High Plains Circuit of the Wyoming District. He has put together…
Lutheran and Reformed Apologetics: An Overview
You know there it ends. Yo, it depends on where you start – Everlast, What It’s Like. You’ve all been there before: that…
Great Stuff — Sense and Sensibility: Emergent Mystique or Emerging Mistake?
Here’s an blog post on a very odd article in the latest Concordia Journal on the Emergent Church by Pastor Woodford. We’ve previously…
Minnesota North Encourages Its Congregations to Study the Book of Concord (Communion in One Kind — Part One)
One feature of District and Synodical Conventions is the “mom and apple pie” resolution. These are the kinds of resolutions that no sensible…
Not the type of service you expect from a District – MNS serves eviction papers to ULC.
In the past few days there has been a sequence of bad news for University Lutheran Chapel (ULC). First, their restraining order was…
Steadfast in Education – The Classical and Lutheran Educator
Author’s note: This post begins a series that describes those things necessary for classical and Lutheran education. Many confessional Lutherans, including me, see…
God loved the world so that He gave.
God loved the World So that He Gave His only Son the lost to save That all who would in Him believe Should…
Confessions Of A Pastor: “Selling” The Church To Newcomers?
As a pastor I feel the burden to “grow the church.” Yes, I know that the pastor doesn’t build the church, but I…
Lutheran Calendar from BJS — 7th Annual Conference of the Augustana Ministerium
This is just a reminder that BJS provides a calendar that you can add to your blogs or websites. An example of its…
Osteen: “God Wants to Supersize your Joy” — So what’s wrong with that?
The following is by Rev. Dr. Brian Lee, pastor of Christ Reformed Church in Washington D.C. and is used with his permission. This…
From CPH — Take our Tech Survey
Found on Cyberbrethren: Want to win a FREE Kindle Fire? Take our technology survey to enter for a chance to win! We…
Steadfast Dads — Authority
The last topic we addressed was discipline. Children need to learn an attitude. They need to learn humility more than they need to…
Sermon — Rev Tony Sikora — A New Name, A New Life, and the World still Hates You
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. AMEN! Our text for this morning’s…
Sermon — Rev Tony Sikora — Ascension Day
In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN Beloved in the Lord, Having opened their minds to…
Great Stuff — Detroit’s Historic Churches Still Thriving, Helping City
Found on the Detroit Free Press. Click the link to watch the video segment. At Historic Trinity Lutheran in Detroit, you’ll find…
Does God Hate the Sin but Love the Sinner?
Troubled sinner: “I’ve done a terrible thing. God must hate me.” Well-meaning friend: “No, that isn’t true. God hates the sin, but loves…
Wyoming District Convention Report
I had the opportunity to be a delegate to the Wyoming District Convention this past weekend. It was a good convention with relatively…
Blue Here, Blue There… But What’s Going on with that other Blue Thing?!?
Ever since the Missouri Synod has been “re-branded” in blue and even Gottesdienst Online got hip to the new trend and dressed up in blue for a few days, I have had blue on my mind. And it struck me that a rather large blue elephant in the room (that lots of people used to be very concerned about) has hardly been discussed of late.
Boredom vs. Duty
Everyone gets bored. There isn’t a parent alive who has not been plagued by a bored child. Not a boring child, but a…