WELS President Comments on NIV 2011 and New Translation
As one reads BJS lately, you may get the impression that this is an in-house LCMS production. We may not be posting as…
As one reads BJS lately, you may get the impression that this is an in-house LCMS production. We may not be posting as…
Another post by Larry Beane over on Gottesdienst Online: God’s Word and the avowed confession of our synod and its members notwithstanding,…
In the TV show M*A*S*H, Fr. Mulcahy wonders if he really is useful in his pastoral/priestly duties, compared to “Hawkeye” and “Trapper” and…
In light of the recent encouragement of District President Linnemann of the Northwest District, to unseat President Matthew Harrison and replace him with…
Over on the right, you see a picture of a membership card of an individual who belongs to the National Rifle Association. That…
Text: Luke 7:11-17 [3rd Sunday afte Pentecost] What will you do when you are personally faced with death? Death could stare you in…
You likely read Jim Pierce’s post on the email sent out by Northwest District President Paul Linnemann to LCMS presidential electors in his…
“The Gospel Paul Preached” (Galatians 1:11-24) Today is the second of six straight weeks in which the Epistle reading comes from St. Paul’s…
From the Guidelines for LCMS Congregations found on the Church Office Administration Resources page: III. GUIDELINES FOR CONSTITUTIONS The following are subjects that…
It was sometime in 2006, I was looking for a Lutheran Church to visit and possibly join. I grew up in an ELCA…
So, let’s have a quick lesson on the teachings of Plato. In Platonic thought there are two categories. In the first category there…
ELCA’s First Openly Gay Bishop In a recent Issues, Etc. Dr. James Nestigen discusses how the ELCA’s election of its first openly gay…
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…
Great news to our readers (and watchers!). Some of our authors here at BJS are working diligently on what we are calling “The…
Text Lk 7:11-17 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, June 16, 2013 “Miracles and questions,” that’s what I’ve titled today’s sermon. We have all pondered…
“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from or where it…
It was on April 6th in the year of our Lord 1576 that the effort to address the divisions in doctrine and practice among Lutherans…
Found over on Adriane Dorr’s blog, Let it Stet: Some Lutherans love mission work. Others eye it with hesitancy. As Pastor Harrison…
Note: While this is not strictly an apologetics piece, it was written for the local paper where I live, the Huntington Beach Wave….
A “Great Stuff” post found over on Patheos.com by David Murrow It happened again yesterday. I was attending one of those hip,…
This article was originally published in the Huntington Beach Wave, my local paper here in HB, CA, on May 23. And while it…
“No Other Gospel” (Galatians 1:1-12) Today is the first of six straight weeks in which the Epistle reading comes from St. Paul’s Epistle…
“Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled” (John 14:1-6, 27) Let not your hearts be troubled. That is my message to you today–to you,…
Walther’s introduction to his 4th Evening Lecture “When a theologian is asked to yield and make concessions in order that peace may at…
“Baptism is a very different thing from all other water, not by virtue of the natural substance but because here something nobler is…