Great Stuff — Mark’s thoughts: Heaven is not home. Home is here.
Another post found over on Pr. Surburg’s blog: This creation – this earth – will be your home for eternity. Many Christians do…
Another post found over on Pr. Surburg’s blog: This creation – this earth – will be your home for eternity. Many Christians do…
It’s official! Steadfast Throwdown is now available as a podcast on iTunes. Listen on-demand. Check it out and subscribe to the Steadfast Throwdown…
“When Sowing the Seed Seems Useless” (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23) It can be very discouraging to be a Christian these days. It seems like…
Over the past few years I have wanted to experience a special feeling during church. I wanted the sermon to hit me. I…
I almost flunked out of high school. The first time was in algebra, trying to solve polynomials. “Solving” means finding the roots of…
The Carmen Christi (Song of Christ) is a song (or hymn) that St. Paul, under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote in the…
Proper 10 LSB A Sermon Text: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 July 13, 2014 Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our…
An interview with Dr. John Dominic Crossan on the resurrection of Jesus.
This is originally written on a post A Lutheran book on purgatory, pastoral purgatory (written by Pastor Scheer) that was originally written as…
The brotherhood of our Lord’s shepherds has lost a beloved comrade. Rev. Klemet Preus died in the Lord today. He will be greatly…
Text: Luke 15:1-10 [3rd Sunday after Trinity; one year lectionary] Are you righteous? The dictionary states that the term “righteous” is an adjective…
Since the word “vocation” is thrown around so much, I have been trying to work out in my mind and through study of…
This week at ELS Camp Indianhead, our theme is “For You!” as we hear what God’s Word and the Small Catechism tell us…
Another great article found over on Pastoral Meanderings: Though for a long time I have lamented the lack of Lutherans in the…
The call to be “evangelistic Lutherans” is being emphasized again in the circles in which I run. When this adjective get tacked on…
“Rest for the Heavy Laden” (Matthew 11:25-30; Romans 7:14-25a) In New York Harbor there stands a famous statue, the Statue of Liberty. In…
With summer in full swing and plenty of time on your hands, it’s time to catch up on “Steadfast Throwdown,” the radio and…
Lutheran Fathers Some Lutheran Satire for a warm summer day. I laugh at the Pr. Fisk reference every time.
This last year I continued my usual routine of meeting once a week on campus with our students for lunch. We meet in…
As is my custom, I was wasting time on Facebook one day, and I came across a post from a friend that posed…
Day: St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles / June 29 2014 Trinity and St. John Lutheran Churches Sidney and Fairview, Montana Pr. David…
A new book was brought to my attention the other day concerning the many pastors in the LCMS who are on “candidate status”….
You might think so if you’re of the same mind as the Lutheran pastor who said it was “inappropriate” to have a cigar…