“Jesus Is Our Great High Priest–Now What?” (Sermon on Hebrews 10:11-25, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“Jesus Is Our Great High Priest–Now What?” (Hebrews 10:11-25) Today is the seventh straight Sunday when the assigned Epistle for the day comes…
Month: November 2012
Stand Firm — My Testimony
Found on Scott Diekmann’s blog, Stand Firm: I was “down on my luck,” to put it in the vernacular. Conceived with no…
Six Worship Theses for Concordia University Wisconsin
The following theses have been published in The Lutheran Witness in April, 2000. These worship theses are designed to point the campus community…
Q & A Follow Up: What Luther Says About Those Who Die Without Saving Faith.
For the first posting on this topic, click here. Several weeks ago in the Brothers of John the Steadfast “ask the pastor” segment…
The Theology of Rob Bell: Making Evil Good and Good Evil?
Several years ago there was a lot of buzz on the internet about Rob Bell’s new book titled, Love Wins. The conversation in the…
Steadfast Media Pick of the Week — Liberal and Conservative
Liberal and Conservative This week’s pick is a sermon that was recommended to me and was preached by Pr. Rolf Preus at Christ…
Augustana Ministerium — An Urgent Request
14 November 2012 Every sentence I write falls short. I will, therefore, try to be as brief as possible, since all attempted eloquence…
ULMA Fall 2012 Meeting Report
On October 12-13, 2012, commission members from all three member congregations, Our Redeemer – Forsyth, IL, Pilgrim – Decatur, IL, and Redeemer –…
“Teaching Children to be Thankful”
A child’s first word is usually “mama” or “dada.” For my son, his first word was “Thank you.” While he pronounced it “Tay-due,”…
Issues, Etc. — Advertising for Confessional Lutheran Congregations
Dear Issues, Etc. Listener, I am blessed to attend and serve a faithful Lutheran congregation. What do I mean by “faithful Lutheran…
Notes from the Mission Field — Living in a Foreign Land
As we detailed in our “Not Always What We Expect” newsletter, I was invited to Australia this past January to bring books to…
Notes from the Mission Field — Siberia and the Baltics
Here is an email letter that Pastor Johnson, Missionary to the Eurasia churches in Siberia and The Baltics, sent out recently. If you…
“How You ‘Mite Give'” (Sermon on Mark 12:38-44, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“How You ‘Mite Give’” (Mark 12:38-44) Today I want to talk to you about how you give. Notice, I said “how you give,”…
Continued conversations — an offense to the Gospel?…
A word from Flacius about the current desires to have more debates about things which are clearly taught in Scripture: “A year ago,…
Sermon — Pr. Tony Sikora — When a Widow shames a Nation
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. AMEN! Our text for…
Steadfast Media Pick of the Week — An Essential Pick
An Essential Pick Sometimes I need to get back to basics and this interview with Pr. Erik Rottman does just that. He discusses…
Table Talk: Ordain Women Now
Recently there has arisen a group in the LCMS who believes that there should be a peaceful discussion concerning the ordination of women….
Living as Citizens of Two Kingdoms: A Post Election Sermon
Matthew 22:15-22. 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him…
God will judge US for this election??
Found on the new lutheran blog, Ad Crucem (to the Cross): Last night, President Barack Obama was re-elected for another four years of…
Women’s Ordination — Getting Lost in Hypotheticals – by Dcs. Mary Moerbe
Associate Editor’s Note: This article was written for us by Deaconess Mary Moerbe, the wife of Rev. Ned Moerbe, who serves in Oklahoma. …
Legalism, Licentiousness, And Freedom From Reactionary Aversion Theology
I recently posted an article on Steadfast Lutherans and my personal blog PM Notes titled, “Free The Gospel! The Gospel Does Not Lead To…
Sound Off on the Election Results, by Pr. Rossow
For sure BJS is not a political blog. I am actually surprised and pleased at how seldom the BJS nation inserts political commentary into the…
The Kingdom of Heaven, Part 1
This post is Part 1 of a two-part post that is a sort of follow up to my earlier post entitled, “The Necessity…
Table Talk: Beth Moore Part 2
Last week I began a two part article on Beth Moore bible studies. There were a lot of comments, some helpful and others…
The Origin of Indulgences, Penance and the Crusades
Since we recently observed the 495th anniversary of Martin Luther’s publication of the Ninety-Five Theses, it may be instructive to understand the history…