Great Stuff — Stand Firm — A Review of Wayne Talbot’s Book, The Dawkins Deficiency
Found on Scott Diekmann’s blog, Stand Firm: Wayne Talbot’s recently published book The Dawkins Deficiency: Why Evolution Is Not the Greatest Show…
Month: July 2012
Caesar’s continued war against the Church…
In 2007 the United States House of Representatives passed “The College Cost Reduction and Access Act.” This act established the Public Service Loan…
Differences between the ELCA and LCMS, with links, being updated
A few years back I took on the task of researching the official beliefs of the ELCA and comparing them to official beliefs…
Pastoral Care For Those Experiencing An Epistemological Crisis
Chances are that you have never heard of an epistemological crisis. Don’t worry I will be the first to confess that the terminology…
Announcing the St. Ambrose Hymn Writing Contest
A good, solid corpus of hymnody has been a hallmark of the Lutheran confession. Hymns as “sung confessions of the faith” have served…
ULC Demolition is Under Way
Found on Robin Muench’s facebook posting: When my husband and I first started attending ULC, we entered always through the back door….
Great Stuff Found on the Web — Pastor’s Wives: Servants of the Church
Another great post found on LutheranPastor by Pastor Paul Beisel: Fifty years ago, the “perfect” pastor’s wife was one who was involved…
“Rooted and Grounded in Love” (Sermon on Ephesians 3:14-21, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“Rooted and Grounded in Love” (Ephesians 3:14-21) On this day when we have the confirmation of our two adult catechumens, I want to…
SID DP Timothy Scharr — What Did You Say?
Found on SIDlcms website: What Did You Say? By Rev. Timothy J. Scharr, District President The concern is genuine; the apprehension palpable. Worry gives way…
Steadfast in Education: John Milton, Classical Christian Educator
One of the presenters at this month’s conference of the Consortium for Classical and Christian Education (CCLE) was Dr. E. Christian Kopff, whose…
The Sting Of Sin: If We Only Knew How Bad It Is
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23…
Steadfast Media Pick of the Week — A Neighborly Pick
A Neighborly Pick Issues, Etc. interviewed Pr. Jay Reinke of Concordia Lutheran in Williston, ND whose congregation allows people to sleep on in…
Sermon — Rev Tony Sikora — No Crossing Except by Water and the Wood.
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. AMEN! Our text for…
WMLTblog — FOEs
Found on Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog, posted by LCMS Secretary Ray Hartwig. Here is important information that every circuit counsellor AND church…
Biblical Apologetics, Part 2
I was by now too experienced in my literary criticism to regard the Gospels as myths. They had not the mythical taste…if ever…
Knowing About Christ; Knowing Christ
When I was in grade school I collected baseball cards. My favorite baseball player was Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers. I…
Great Stuff — Daily Prayer and Catechesis in the Christian Home
Daily Prayer is something every Christian knows he or she should do. And most want to and even try from time to time….
A Church Cannot Remain Lutheran Without Visitation
Found on Mercy Journeys with Pastor Harrison: Furthermore, a synod that is “faithful to the Confessions,” must also “c. supervise the confessional…
Men of Honor
So how are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions? How about the resolution to make no resolutions? Have you resolved to do…
Steadfast Guest — ULC: Looking Back and Looking Forward though the Eyes of a Layperson
by Douglas Denzler One month ago I watched my place of worship, University Lutheran Chapel; hold is final service and close its doors…
Life Together: Luther on discussing Worship
Koinonia. This word can be translated or understood as “Life Together.” How does the Church have life together? The Augsburg Confession answers this…
WMLTblog — Sermon: The Final Word
Found on Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog: The following sermon was preached this morning at the International Center Chapel by the Rev….
Where is God in Disaster and Catastrophe?
Found on the World Wide Wolfmueller: This article was originally published in 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Recent events…
Church hopping, a natural outgrowth of felt needs ministry…
Found this (and had it sent to me by a friend) on the web the other day: “Spirit moves ‘church hoppers’”. The article…
WMLTblog — Some Basic Questions on Witness, Mercy, Life Together
Some years ago I was working with a small congregation in a small town during a vacancy in the pastoral office. The congregation,…