Listening to the Scriptures in a little over 40 (week)days
Last year, a fellow clergyman mentioned on social media the practice of listening to the Scriptures during the season of Lent. I took…
Month: January 2018
2018 Lent Devotionals Now Available – “The Lord’s Prayer in the Lord’s Passion”
The 2018 Lent Devotional from Steadfast Lutherans is ready to be downloaded and printed. Here are the versions for download: eReader and Large…
A Laymen’s Commentary on the Large Catechism: Conclusion of the Ten Commandments
Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments! 2 His offspring will be mighty…
A Year without Television, Part III: The Benefits
Well, having taken to heart the paternal warnings of the Church Fathers, and having preached against the folly of the screen, it remained…
Concordia, St. Paul joins in partnership with NALC Seminary
From the website of Concordia, St. Paul’s theology department. “Announcing a partnership with the North American Lutheran Seminary” The Department of Theology…
“The War of the Worlds” (Sermon on Mark 1:21-28, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“The War of the Worlds” (Mark 1:21-28) Have you ever heard of “The War of the Worlds”? No, I’m not talking about H….
Lambs at Pasture for Sexagesima
Lambs at Pasture for Sexagesima and its Answer Key are now available for download. English Version English Answer Key The repetitive nature of Lambs…
A Laymen’s Commentary on the Large Catechism: Ninth and Tenth Commandments
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech, and night to…
A Year without Television, Part II: The Advent Sermon
The following is the sermon I preached on the topic of Entertainment on December 7th, 2016. If you have not read Part I…
“Hold Lightly to the Things of This World” (Sermon on 1 Corinthians 7:29-31, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“Hold Lightly to the Things of This World” (1 Corinthians 7:29-31) Are you married? Some of you are, some of you aren’t. OK,…
Jesus First, er… Congregations Matter supports the chartering of the Queer-Straight Alliance at Concordia Portland
Congregations Matter, already proven to be nothing more than a rebrand of the old Jesus First and Day Star movements of the 2000s…
NEWS – An Open Letter from Concordia University, Portland. Queer Straight Alliance now chartered as club on campus.
A new “Open Letter” has hit the web today. It’s an open letter from Concordia Portland President Schlimpert to the “Concordia Community” in…
Lambs at Pasture for Septuagesima
Lambs at Pasture for Septuagesima and its Answer Key are now available for download. English Version English Answer Key The repetitive nature of Lambs…
Montana District President Forke puts out an article for age of Earth discussion
District President Rev. Terry Forke has put out an article for his own district pastors (and by reason of putting it online) for…
Time is running out – register now for Orlando or Phoenix Conferences
Dear readers of Steadfast Lutherans, Our conferences are soon approaching. Great presentations will be had in areas where we don’t usually have confessional…
A Laymen’s Commentary on the Large Catechism: Eighth Commandment
O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? 2 He who walks blamelessly and does…
“Philip and Nathanael: A Story of Witnessing” (Sermon on John 1:43-51, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“Philip and Nathanael: A Story of Witnessing” (John 1:43-51) The Holy Gospel for today, from John 1, takes place very early in Jesus’…
Great News! The editors of CSL’s Concordia Journal give a Christian example.
Yesterday Dr. Arand of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis published an article explaining some of the editorial process used in the production of Concordia…
Lambs at Pasture for Transfiguration
Lambs at Pasture for Transfiguration and its Answer Key are now available for download. English Version English Answer Key The repetitive nature of Lambs…
Osiander: Never Heard of Him
This is part six of a series of twelve newsletter articles written by Rev. Neil L. Carlson for the 500th anniversary of the…
A Year without Television, Part I: The Church Fathers
It all started back in Advent 2016 as I was preparing for the midweek services. Our congregation was going to spend the three…
Movie Review: Is Genesis History?
Is Genesis History? is a film produced by Thomas Purifoy and hosted by Del Tackett that purports to look into this titular question….
An example of broken dialogue by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Editor’s Note: It doesn’t take long trying to wade through the muddy mess of doctrine and practice in the LCMS before you are…
Great News – Dr. Jurchen confesses, CUNE gives Christian example.
UPDATE – The Editors of Concordia Journal have also asked for forgiveness for the article in question. In a Sunday evening post over…
“The Heavens Being Torn Open” (Sermon on Mark 1:4-11, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“The Heavens Being Torn Open” (Mark 1:4-11) How many of you know when your baptismal birthday is? Mine is September 10. What’s yours?…