Scott Diekmann has posted the Council of LCMS Presidents (COP) recent statement on the Matthew Becker situation with an apt introductory commentary. People…
Found over on our new sister website, Katie Luther Sisters. I always imagined that I would be a stay at home mom….
Well day one of the 2015 BJS Conference has ended. It was a good day. It is a first in the LCMS to…
Here’s the latest statement from the LCMS Council of Presidents (pasted below), released on the Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog. While I am…
We have our highest registration ever in the six year history of our annual BJS Conference. They are here from Massachusetts, Texas, California,…
The Southern Illinois District in convention adopted the following resolution 79-17. Note that page and line numbers have been removed; the original with…
There are going to be some new things happening during the 2015 Conference. You have seen the NEW site for BJS, now see…
Today we welcome over 200 folks to our annual conference here in Naperville, Illinois. Welcome travelers and those who may be tracking us…
You may have noticed the new look to the Brothers of John the Steadfast site. We’ve been working behind the scenes for quite…
Immediately, having been baptized by John, Jesus is driven by a Dove to the Wilderness. Still dripping with His Father’s voice the Beloved One finds Himself among the beasts of the earth. This is no Eden. Everything is against Him; the ground, the animals, the devil. Only the Angels minister to Him, and this at the conclusion of His temptations.
Will Underwood, an occasional BJS reader and member of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, emailed me, offering some insightful comments regarding the recent…
The world is not in the market for ashes. Ashes remind us of the wrong things, things we don’t want to be reminded of, things we don’t want to think on, things we don’t want to have to deal with. The world is not interested in religion, with its doctrines, creeds, and institutions.
Beautiful for the Lenten season, Around the Word Bible Studies offers a series of excellent studies on The Seven Penitential Psalms. These Psalms…
There at the dinner table her song began as expected, being carried along by a mesmerizing joy afforded only to three-year-olds. But no…
The case of Dr. Matthew L. Becker illustrates defection from Scripture by the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. This defection is not by…
“The Transfiguration: The Bridge between Epiphany and Lent” (Mark 9:2-9) Today is the Festival of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, remembering that day…
Sermon Text: Mark 9:2-9 The Transfiguration of Our Lord; Series B People are often not what they seem to be. Hidden behind a…
Our Lord speaks through His prophet Ezekiel saying, “The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of…
Mac McCabe, a member of Messiah Lutheran Church (Seattle, WA), reports that on January 25th, 2015 they passed the following resolution for the…
Where the Word of God is there is Jesus. He is the Word made flesh, the Word dwelling among us, even today, even now. The Word is a powerful Word. He is the Word with authority, authority to bring things into existence and authority to cast things out. He is the Word with authority to rebuke illness and authority to cleanse the unclean. He is the Word that works wonders and gives rest. He is the Word of God for the world, for us, for you.
Recent events have spurred me to pull together a general bibliography of materials relevant to the historic Lutheran liturgy. The first was this…
The 2015 ACELC Conference has now ended and everyone is on their way home. All in all, it was a great success. What,…
President Harrison has just sent out a link to the latest edition of the LCMS Missions magazine. You can download the pdf here. There…
There is a great Lutheran option for Lenten Devotions this year. Around the Word, the theological journal written for laity is offering a…
In 1964, my oldest brother, David, participated in the Sixth National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America at Valley Forge. The rest…