Steadfast Media Pick of the Week — An Everlasting Pick
An Everlasting Pick This week’s pick is from the early days of Worldview Everlasting. For those who don’t know, Worldview Everlasting is…
Month: July 2012
Sermon — Rev Tony Sikora — Pressing Round about for Heavenly Bread
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen! Our text for…
What’s Wrong with LCMS Congregations?
Nothing is “wrong” with 99% of the congregations of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod! That means one of out of a hundred might have…
Great Stuff — Walther on Bearing the Burden of Pure Doctrine
HT to the ACELC Facebook Page for finding this post on FatherDMJ: The tasks of a pastor of Jesus Christ are many,…
Free The Gospel! The Gospel Does Not Lead To Licentiousness
“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow… The power of sin, death and the devil has been destroyed…
Great Stuff — Speaking of Collars, There’s a New Church Plant in Town
The starting of a congregation in a new residential development, with a neighboring “mother church,” and district support is not new. That is…
Labyrinth Spirituality
Here in our town, the local Episcopal Church blessed their brand-new labyrinth catching up to a spiritual trend begun in the late ’90s….
Great Stuff — Cyberbrethren — Daily Luther — Why We Must Cling to the Word and Sacraments
Found on Cyberbrethren — one of his “Daily with Luther” posts: Whoever wants to be proof against that and be safe must…
WMLTblog — On Improving Your Pastor (written for church members)
Found on Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog: So you want to improve your pastor? He’s not done anything wrong for which he…
Sermon — Rev Tony Sikora — Ignore the Dancing Girls and Follow the Dead Finger!
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. AMEN! Our text for…
“When a Prophet Speaks Truth to Power” (Sermon on Mark 6:14-29, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“When a Prophet Speaks Truth to Power” (Mark 6:14-29) “Speak truth to power!” It is a phrase that has become a cliché, an…
Excellent resource on sale – one of the keys to understanding our Life Together debates
Luther’s work “On Christian Freedom” was required reading at seminary. It provided a great way to understand the freedom we have in Christ…
Church Fellowship: Bond of Peace Between both Preachers and Hearers
Before I begin my delayed vicarage, I need to finish my treatise. I am writing on the church in the theology of John…
WMLTblog — What’s Your Definition of Marriage?
Found on Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog: Which is better? To enter into marriage or to take a vow of celibacy to…
“Talitha Cumi” (Funeral sermon on Mark 5:35-43, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“Talitha Cumi” (Mark 5:35-43) So Jesus is ministering up in the region of Galilee, and here comes a synagogue ruler by the name…
Steadfast in the City–Food Ban Update
Today in Philadelphia, a federal judge blocked the enforcement of the ban to prohibit feeding the homeless in public. Since much of a…
An ECUSA Resolution Failed…in More Than One Way
On Tuesdays two retired pastors and I get together for a Bible study on the upcoming Sunday’s Gospel reading. In our past Tuesday’s…
The Famine Of The Word And The Failures Of The Church Growth Movement & The Emergent Church
So how has the church responded to the decline in church attendance in America? Rev. Terry Forke has just released an excellent article…
Steadfast Media Pick of the Week — An Overtime Pick
An Overtime Pick One of the longest running solo Lutheran podcasts is Dan Engle’s Time Out. For those who haven’t heard it, a…
Great Stuff Found on the Web — Romancing the “Call”
Found over on Pastor Ken Kelly’s blog, Priestly Rant: Twice now, in the five or so years I’ve been out of the…
Applying Law & Gospel, The Highest Art For A Christian
Thesis III of Walther’s Law and Gospel in Laymen’s Terms: Understanding the differences between God’s demanding words and God’s words of promise is…
“Help it be for good” — Continuing to support ULC.
ULC has now been holding its services at another site since their building was purchased by Doran companies. The MNS District in convention…
What is decision theology?
What is decision theology? Decision theology is the teaching that a person is saved and born-again when he makes a decision to accept…
Toward an Apologetic of Mercy, Part 2
Click here for part 1 of Toward an Apologetic of Mercy Our secular, materialistic society (the zeitgeist) is remarkably similar to that of Roman…
Central Illinois District elects Rev. Mark Miller as president (posted by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
[I was curious to see how the last of the 35 district conventions was going, so I went to the CID website and…