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Month: January 2014

Redeeming Holy Days-Candlemas/Presentation

Candlemas is February 2nd, forty days after the birth of Christ it is the Festival of the Purification of Mary. The Gospel Lesson…

Posted On 31 Jan 201431 Jan 2014

A LampLight Conversation on the lessons for the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord and the Purification of St. Mary

As LampLight Conversations is fast-approaching celebrating its first year of being on air, and it is beginning to get a bit snug in…

Posted On 30 Jan 201430 Jan 2014

Grandma and Grandpa’s Church.

It took me awhile to get used to it. I look around at my fellow church members and I see an overwhelming numbers…

Posted On 28 Jan 201427 Jan 2014

Lutheran Schools and the Small Catechism — guest article by Andrew Strickland

Christmas shopping is always an exciting endeavor. By exciting I mean terrifyingly hectic. By terrifyingly hectic I mean I wish I had gotten…

Posted On 27 Jan 201427 Jan 2014

Youth Work 1-C: Organization and the Family-Parents

[To read the introductory post on this topic, as much of this advice builds upon and flows from the principles laid out in…

Posted On 27 Jan 201425 Jan 2014

Sermon — Pr. Tony Sikora — It’s Go Time

St. Matthew 4:12-25 January 26, 2014 AD Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and…

Posted On 26 Jan 201426 Jan 2014

“On Us a Light Has Dawned” (Sermon on Matthew 4:12-25, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)

“On Us a Light Has Dawned” (Matthew 4:12-25) After Jesus was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth and was baptized in…

Posted On 25 Jan 201426 Jan 2014

Why Church? A Sermon for the Third Sunday after Epiphany on St. Matthew 8:1—13

If you ask people why they come to church, they might say, “It makes me feel good.” There’s nothing quite like gathering together around…

Posted On 25 Jan 2014

What Is Truth? – An Evangelism Conference Unlike Any Other

We all recognize the question asked by Pontius Pilate in John 18:38, (my Latin students ought to recognize the question as Quid est…

Posted On 24 Jan 2014

April 26th Regional Youth Conference: “The Old Testament in The New”

My congregation, Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln, IL has been holding semiannual regional youth conferences since 2010. Our spring conference is always held…

Posted On 24 Jan 201424 Jan 2014

Youth Work 1-B: Organization and the Pastor

[To read the introductory post on this topic, as much of this advice builds upon and flows from the principles laid out in…

Posted On 24 Jan 2014

A Steadfast Lutheran Interview With Pastor Tullian Tchividjian (Combined for easier reading)

“He must be a Lutheran; he sure sounds like one.”  These were some of the first words out of my mouth when I…

Posted On 23 Jan 201423 Jan 2014

Steadfast Media Pick of the Week — A Case of Faith Without Works?

Dr. Peter Scaer from last year’s Symposia – “Lutheran Support for Pro-Life: A Case of Faith Without Works?” http://media.ctsfw.edu.s3.amazonaws.com/symposia/2013/2013Symposia-12.mp4

Posted On 23 Jan 2014

The Emancipation Proclamation Decimation…

If you don’t read “He remembers the barren” you are missing a blog that covers difficult life topics in a cross centered way….

Posted On 22 Jan 201422 Jan 2014

Dumber than a Rock?

It’s easy to think we’re smarter than we actually are. We live in a time when technology has put unprecedented amounts of information…

Posted On 22 Jan 201419 May 2015

Seeking the Approval of Men?

Horror of horrors! “American trust in clergy members hits new low.” So says an article at CBS-DC as it explains a recent Gallup poll….

Posted On 21 Jan 2014

Steadfast Media Pick of the Week — Doubts

While the audio player issues get ironed out I went hunting for some videos. This one is from Pr. Mark Jasa dealing with…

Posted On 20 Jan 2014

Looking at Giving Records

Recently I came across John Kieschnick’s article found in LCEF encouraging the pastor to familiarize himself with the giving amounts of his parishioners….

Posted On 19 Jan 201419 Jan 2014

“Gifted Speakers” (Sermon on John 1:29-42a and 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)

“Gifted Speakers” (John 1:29-42a; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9) Have you ever heard of the St. Louis Speakers Series? Every year there’s a series of…

Posted On 18 Jan 201426 Jan 2014

Youth Work I-A: Organization and the Congregation

[To read the introductory post on this topic, as much of this advice builds upon and flows from the principles laid out in…

Posted On 18 Jan 201418 Jan 2014

Free Devotions, Courtesy of Around the Word

Around the Word Journal produces weekly devotions for family and individuals, which are emailed every Wednesday. Signing up is free. The devotions include:…

Posted On 17 Jan 201416 Jan 2014

A New Era in American Evangelicalism?

The lead article in the December 2013 issue of Christianity Today (hereafter CT) was about the Colorado Springs megachurch called New Life and…

Posted On 16 Jan 2014

A Steadfast Lutheran Interview With Pastor Tullian Tchividjian (Part 2 of 2)

In part one of the Steadfast Lutheran Interview with Presbyterian Pastor, Tullian Tchividjian, I interviewed Tchividjian about his background and explored his various…

Posted On 16 Jan 201416 Jan 2014

Sermon — Pr. Tony Sikora — Who? What? and Where?

January 19, 2014 Sermon Text: St. John 1:29-42   Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our…

Posted On 16 Jan 201414 Jan 2014

Neutrality on the Commandments does not befit Christian organizations

What if BJS became “neutral” on the First Commandment?  That is to say we never came out saying which god is correct and…

Posted On 15 Jan 2014

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