Marriage – the lower estate?
I was heading back from Symposia in Fort Wayne (another post on that to come soon) and tuning through the radio (AM) when…
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.
Reflections on Fargo (not the movie)
I just returned from Fargo, ND attending the Joint North Theological Conference (Minnesota North and North Dakota Districts). While the weather barely cooperated…
Remembering a Forgotten Father
98 years ago on January 9th, one of our great fathers in the faith passed into the Church Triumphant: Karl George Stoeckhardt does…
Is it Cooperation in Externals if Only One Side Views it as an External?
Recently I read an article at the Reporter Online about the continued discussions between the ELCA and LCMS regarding their “Cooperation in Externals”. …
Supper for Thirteen, Halos for Twelve
One of the big problems being tolerated in our Synod is a wide variety of practices in communion fellowship. Some examples are blatant…
A Christmas Wish (Prayer) List
A Wish List in no particular order: Men and women would consider the Word of God once again as authoritative and efficacious Preachers…
A Synod by Another Name…
In another article here on BJS someone commented that because of the mess with ELCA/NALC/LCMC we should change our name. The frustration of…
NEWS – Possible New Lutheran Hour Speaker…
It came to my attention not long ago that The Lutheran Hour has extended a call to Rev. Dr. Dean Nadasdy, the Senior…
It’s not too late for Christmas gifts of… Lutheran Publishing by Rev. Joshua V. Scheer
Concordia Publishing House (CPH) has been publishing awesome Lutheran resources for a long time. They are by far one of the best Lutheran…
POLL: Which do you think is more harmful to your soul?
Contemporary Christian music has evoked a lot of comments lately on this site. This poll is related to that. [poll id=”4″] Option 5…
Who needs honor anyway? Jesus, Nazareth, and “home-grown” pastors. By Rev. Joshua V. Scheer
Many denominations practice calling someone from within the congregation to be their pastor. This “home-grown (SMP, DELTO, list your favorite acronym here)” is…
We Children Need an Old Heart
by Rev. Joshua V. Scheer Many and various sources have said that the LCMS needs to return to the Word of God, especially…
Did you bring your lucky charms for the exorcism? Oh, never mind, you’re Lutheran.
By Rev. Joshua V. Scheer Just a few days ago Fox News published a story about Roman Catholic Bishops in the U.S. trying…
Where have all the pulpits gone? By Rev. Joshua V. Scheer
No, this is not a commentary on modern church architecture. It’s about the pulpit shortage and its effects in the LCMS and the…
What is Worship? by Rev Joshua Scheer
Rev. Joshua Scheer of Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bagley, MN has this article available as a PDF file on his church website; we’ve…
A View of the LCMC from an LCMS Pastor, by Rev. Joshua V. Scheer
Martin Noland mentioned the LCMC in his article on What, Now, for the Moderate Lutherans?. Previous BJS poster Rev. Joshua V. Scheer (here…
A Picture Tells a Thousand Words: Proposed Structure Compared to Existing Structure
Rev. Joshua Scheer of Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, Bagley, MN, spent a good bit of time evaluating the structural changes in the BRTFSSG…
Lutheran Identity Theft – A Newspaper Article Submitted by Rev. Joshua Scheer
(This is an article that Rev. Scheer is submitting to his local newspaper in Minnesota.) Identity Theft: “Lutheran” By Rev. Joshua Scheer There…