Transformational Life Coach Lesson 2: Beauty
This series really isn’t going in any direct order, but rather its direction is completely based upon what I find and have interest…
This series really isn’t going in any direct order, but rather its direction is completely based upon what I find and have interest…
Sometimes I go in search of “inspirational” quotations that I can use for a newsletter article. The December quotes were just super-did disappointing,…
*Much time, prayer, and effort has gone into this piece of writing. It is much longer than my typical writings because it would,…
Almost two years have passed since I published “One in 1200 and One in the Lord,” which was more widely received than I…
“Dear God, please cancel our culture.” A few weeks ago, I wouldn’t have thought to say this; but, God should cancel our culture….
God forgives sin and forgets. As it is written by Isaiah the Prophet, “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for…
When God made the universe and all things in it, He filled it with light. In Genesis 1, the Lord creates the lights…
“Efficacy”, perhaps isn’t a word we hear or use that often, but it means the ability to produce a desired or intended result….
It is politically incorrect in our time for me to say with any certainty that the man is the head of the house….
The Holy Apostle Saint John writes, “The Holy Ghost will reprove the world of sin” (footnote: except on Christmas and Easter). When a…
This is not a writing about a literal bird in a cage; that would be lame, unimportant, and most likely unworthy of being…
A 25-year-old woman has a one in 1200 chance to give birth to a child with Down syndrome. Is one ever expecting it?…
In Part Three, we pick up on page 194 in the Lutheran Service Book where the liturgy for the Sacrament of the Altar…
In Part Two we begin on page 186 in the Lutheran Service Book which is where the Service of the Word begins. Again,…
In a religious atmosphere of ever-changing liturgies and free-for-all worship, I considered the importance of our constant liturgy. In the wisdom of the…
When parents meet me for the first time and show some interest in visiting our congregation they ask, “What sort of programs do…
Recently, I began another new member class for those desiring to learn what we believe, teach, and confess. In a small amount of…
Did you know that “the doctrine of repentance- because it not only commands new works, but also promises forgiveness of sins- necessarily requires…
“What is it that the Church can decide that has not already been decided by the Scriptures? (Dr. Martin Luther, Sämmtliche Schriften, St….
Editor’s Note: This “Call to Confess Christ” was submitted and captures the concerns I share over the pattern of statements that the LCMS…