On behalf of the Wyoming District’s pastors our District President, Rev. John Hill wrote and sent the following letter (and cover letter) in reply to the Concordia Seminary, St. Louis faculty rebuke of the Wyoming District pastors. If you do … Continue reading
From Musings of a Country Parson At the 2013 synod convention, an overture was brought to the floor to commend the universities of our synod for their faithfulness. This happens every three years. It is a pro-forma thing to commend … Continue reading
This past Friday the faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis sent a letter via email to every pastor in the Wyoming District (81 of them by a quick LCMS locator count). A similar letter was sent to the pastors of … Continue reading
from Musings of a Country Parson: Some years ago, our “flagship” seminary had a spot of trouble. The one job they were given – training pastors to faithfully teach the Word of God to our parishes – became too much … Continue reading
It is with joy that I want to announce to our readers a second regional conference also in a warm place this winter. On February 2-3, 2018 (just a week after our Orlando conference) we will have a conference outside … Continue reading
We are rolling out our newest regional Conferences – starting with this one in Orlando, Florida at the end of January (another is planned for Phoenix in February). Come and join other Steadfast Lutherans for some time under the word … Continue reading
Last week I wrote an article exposing the willful acceptance by FiveTwo of monies from the Gates Foundation, a known worldwide supporter of abortion. One reader asked me privately about the hypocrisy involved since he thought Lutherans for Life was … Continue reading
It’s Time to start asking your Districts and also the LCMS International Center why they either work with FiveTwo actively or tacitly allow them to infiltrate and leaven the entire synod. This “Giving Tuesday” FiveTwo will be receiving matching funds … Continue reading
It’s here and in time to be used for Advent (especially since we have an extra week this year). Thanks especially to Mrs. Holly Scheer for the copy editing and also to Mrs. Kris Brown for layout and art direction. … Continue reading
Dear readers of Steadfast, It is with great sadness that I want to report to you that over the past day a fire has raged in the St. Louis area and it still smolders tonight. The fired claimed a warehouse … Continue reading
There are a few things that have been happening behind the scenes here at Steadfast. We have now for the past year or so renewed our 501c3 non-profit status (Steadfast Lutherans, Inc.) and have been operating with a Board of … Continue reading
There is a great opportunity for those willing to work fast. CPH has published a great hymnal in French that is quite useful for mission work in Africa. As such, Lutherans in Africa would be happy to receive as many … Continue reading
The start of a new church year is coming. As has become custom here at Steadfast we are working up a series for Advent which will include a devotional (look for that early to mid-November). This year’s series is titled … Continue reading
Concordia Publishing House let me know today that they have sold 118,000 copies of the newest version of a tract-like Small Catechism. Congregations are using them in evangelism. Visitors and community members are receiving them and reading them to find … Continue reading
This week I was hoping to make it to the ACELC Conference on the topic of the Order of Creation. It looks like they have an outstanding lineup of speakers on a topic that is ever so timely. But parish … Continue reading
Dear Readers of Steadfast Lutherans, It doesn’t take long looking around the culture to get see the confusion of sexes going on. It also doesn’t take long examining the church’s recent history to see confusion about male and female as … Continue reading
Want to make sense of the world around you? Want to understand how your family fits into everything? What about the Church? Come and hear teaching on the Three Estates, a teaching that will help us understand much that is … Continue reading
Concordia Publishing House has decided to print a great resource for Lutheran pastors, a new desk diary (daily scheduler) that has great information to help us in planning services, sermon preparation, etc. This is going to replace other planners that … Continue reading
A recent announcement by the Board of Regents of Concordia University Portland has drawn some attention. Apparently there are discussions about the University becoming independent, separate from the LCMS. Upon this announcement I found some folks on Facebook immediately take … Continue reading
Just got this note from the assistant editor of the forthcoming Gerhard volume On Justification, part of the English translation of his Theological Commonplaces being produced by CPH. A straight forward and much needed statement of the difference between justification and … Continue reading
Consider yourself invited. July 21-22, 2017. Register here. We are moving into doing more regional conferences in order to get solid Lutheran theology into the world. Our first attempt will be a conference on the “Three Estates” and will be … Continue reading
A new anonymous “group” has formed in the sphere of LCMS politics, it’s called Congregations Matter. I like congregations and in God’s eyes they matter a whole bunch, because they are made of God’s people gathered around the pure Gospel … Continue reading
The Brothers of John the Steadfast started out by supporting Confessional Lutheran media (thanks be to God for Issues Etc.) and continues to do so. Along the way we have found lots of new Lutheran media startups as well as … Continue reading
Our 2017 National Conference concluded this past weekend at Zion Lutheran Church in Tomball, Texas. The general theme was “The Article” referencing justification as the article on which the the church stands or falls. On top of great hospitality we … Continue reading
Today, the attendees of our National Conference had a chance to receive this, and it is now here for you to read: Organizational Update 2016 was a big year behind the scenes for Steadfast Lutherans. We have finally regained both … Continue reading