BookOfConcord.org updates and improvements
BookOfConcord.org – the Original Home of the Book of Concord Online has undergone some new improvements and updates – just in time for…
Author: Pastor Joshua Scheer
Pastor Joshua Scheer is the Senior Pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He is also the Editor-in-chief of Brothers of John the Steadfast. He oversees all of the work done by Steadfast Lutherans. He is a regular host of Concord Matters on KFUO.
Pastor Scheer and his lovely wife Holly (who writes and manages the Katie Luther Sisters) have four children and enjoy living in Wyoming.
A Christian Preparation for Pride Month
Editor’s Introduction – the following is the fruit of some work for a Bible Study I am teaching here at my parish. It…
New Books by one of our authors…
Mr. Tom (TR) Halvorson has been busy at work for the good of Lutherans all over. He has produced a couple of volumes…
Lent Devotional as a podcast
Thanks to the work of Rev. Paul Cain, the Lenten Devotion on the Lord’s Supper is available as a podcast. It can be…
Chemnitz on Earthly and Heavenly Treasures
From Martin Chemnitz (in his Harmony): Chemnitz lays out several distinctions that Christ makes here (Matthew 6) between earthly and heavenly things: In…
Unionism and Syncretism Bible Study
This past Spring I taught the board of elders at my congregation, a wonderful group of 14 Christian men who faithfully serve their…
Concordia, Texas update – Legal records filed with the State of Texas – reveal desires to be free of LCMS oversight… NOW updated with May 2022 records to show this was planned…
The following is the public filing at the Texas Secretary of State’s office. Please take note of the November 8 2022 filed Amendments…
Given and Shed for You – The Lord’s Supper for Lent devotional published!
A while ago we released this year’s theme and service plan for Lent 2023. See it here. Here is the companion devotional for…
2023 Lenten Series – “Given and Shed for You – the Lord’s Supper for Lent” – Service Plan
We are in our sixth year of covering the Small Catechism for Lent, and so we have come to the Sacrament of the…
A good and godly transition – Steadfast Press
There have been a lot of changes going on at Steadfast Lutherans behind the scenes lately. Those changes will become much more visible…
Advent Devotion Daily Podcast
To listen to our Advent devotions in daily podcast format click here. Thank you to Rev. Paul Cain for making these available.
“Come and See” Devotions now available for download or on Amazon (kindle or softcover)
The devotional for this year is now available on Amazon. Here is the link to the Kindle version Here is the link to…
Synod Board of Directors and President address Concordia, Texas
The chairman of the Board of Directors of the LCMS and the Synod President have issued a statement. See the statement here:
Concordia Texas Decides to Opt out of LCMS Control
See the letter. Not sure how an entity like this can just decide to not abide by the Synod’s governance structure, but here…
“Come and See” – Advent 2022 Midweek Service Plan
This year for Advent we are going to have a lengthy season (the longest it can be). Also during this several festivals are…
Texans and secession… Concordia, Texas that is.
The following is from a June 6th memo from the “President & CEO” of Concordia University, Texas – Dr. Donald Christian sent to…
President Harrison faithfully addresses CUW Regents
I received this with encouragement to share it. It is a very churchly letter that addresses many of the concerns expressed across Synod…
Update on CUW – Synod Visitation coming
There’s been a lot of things coming out about CUW. The best news is that Synod President Matthew Harrison has announced that next…
New BookofConcord.org site up and running.
A few weeks ago we announced that Steadfast Lutherans had been asked to take over management of bookofconcord.org. At that time we had…
Lent Devotion Podcast Ready to go for Ash Wednesday
Our devotions start up tomorrow and as usual thanks to the talent of Rev. Paul Cain, we have a podcast also available of…
Concordia, Wisconsin Updates – the world is beginning to notice
Well more information keeps coming out and it keeps looking worse for Interim President Cario and whoever else at CUW is calling the…
Concordia Texas – secession from the LCMS?
A recent announcement was sent out from the Board of Regents of Concordia University, Texas. It confirms a longstanding rumor that Concordia University,…
CUW Week in Review – Suspension and the “process”
Here are some of the things that came out this week. A petition for the reinstatement of Rev. Dr. Schulz got a lot…
More from Concordia Wisconsin… not following rules for due process
This morning the following letter from lawyers concerning Dr. Schulz was forwarded to me in order to share it more widely. It appears…
2022 Lenten Devotions Available – As if Christ Our Dear Lord Dealt with Us Himself
After a few delays we finally are able to offer for download our 2022 Lenten Devotion. Spend this Lent going through the fifth…