From the website of Concordia, St. Paul’s theology department. “Announcing a partnership with the North American Lutheran Seminary” The Department of Theology and Ministry is pleased to announce that on 23 January 2018 Concordia University has entered into a … Continue reading
Congregations Matter, already proven to be nothing more than a rebrand of the old Jesus First and Day Star movements of the 2000s has shown its colors again. Their twitter account just tweeted support for President Schlimpert of Concordia, Portland, … Continue reading
A new “Open Letter” has hit the web today. It’s an open letter from Concordia Portland President Schlimpert to the “Concordia Community” in which he states that the Queer-Straight Alliance charter has been approved and several new steps towards inclusiveness … Continue reading
District President Rev. Terry Forke has put out an article for his own district pastors (and by reason of putting it online) for us to look at. It is called “Age Matters: An Answer to ‘The Age of the Earth … Continue reading
Dear readers of Steadfast Lutherans, Our conferences are soon approaching. Great presentations will be had in areas where we don’t usually have confessional Lutheran conferences. Besides that – all of your midwesterners need to get to a warmer place for … Continue reading
Yesterday Dr. Arand of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis published an article explaining some of the editorial process used in the production of Concordia Journal. He also offered an apology and asked for forgiveness in regard to the article by Dr. … Continue reading
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 accused of violating “dialogue” or that solutions to problems can only happen through such “dialogue”. Recent examples … Continue reading
UPDATE – The Editors of Concordia Journal have also asked for forgiveness for the article in question. In a Sunday evening post over at Concordia Theology the CSL blog released two statements, one by Dr. Jurchen, who wrote the original … Continue reading
The time has come to release our theme and service plan for the 2018 Steadfast Lutherans Lenten Series titled “The Lord’s Prayer in the Lord’s Passion”. The initial thought for this series comes from a volume called “Sermon Texts” by … Continue reading
Found over at blogs.lcms.org Concerning the Six-Day Creation by Matthew C. Harrison Creation is a mystery. Just as science will forever have a problem with Jesus being God and man, with His virgin birth, or with His resurrection, so science … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This is a last minute opportunity for folks to come! It’s called “Herring Barrel” after the story that Katie von Bora was smuggled out of her convent in an empty herring barrel. To find a godly spouse is … Continue reading
Take your pick. Both conferences promise to be good opportunities for socialization with other Confessional Lutherans and learning from good teachers. Both conferences will host excellent preaching. Both conferences will offer Friday night parties. It’s just a matter of distance … Continue reading
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