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This week in the LCMS a number of men will receive their calls to serve as pastors in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Here are some points that have been shared with me over the years since I received my first … Continue reading
Pastor Joshua Scheer
A new Concordia Journal has been released which addresses the issues that caused pastors of both the Wyoming and South Wisconsin Districts to issue public rebukes. The editors of Gottesdienst have put together this response. Concordia Journal and Creation: a … Continue reading
A Congress on the Lutheran Confessions Presented by the Association of Confessional Lutherans National Free Conference No. 29 and the Luther Academy Lecture Series No. 25 April 18 – 20, 2018 LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Aire BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA; NEAR THE MALL … Continue reading
So in the heavily antinomian, reductionistic, Biblically uninformed “bound conscience” ELCA a couple recent things should be pointed out as warnings for those who have drank too deeply of their theology (or fathers) and methodology (largely listening to the culture … Continue reading
A Congress on the Lutheran Confessions Presented by the Association of Confessional Lutherans National Free Conference No. 29 and the Luther Academy Lecture Series No. 25 April 18 – 20, 2018 LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Aire BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA; NEAR THE MALL … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: There have been measures in the past few years to improve the candidate situation in the LCMS, but there is still much work to be done. As with most things, execution of efforts to care for men in … Continue reading
Over at the LCMS Blog there is a nice post explaining some of the changes going on in LCMS International Missions in Asia. A classmate of mine, Rev. Roy Askins serves over there and explained these changes for folks wanting … Continue reading
“Do you promise that you will perform the duties of your office in accordance with these Confessions, and that all your preaching and teaching and your administration of the Sacraments will be in conformity with Holy Scripture and with these … Continue reading
The 2018 Lent Devotional from Steadfast Lutherans is ready to be downloaded and printed. Here are the versions for download: eReader and Large Print version Color Booklet Black and White Booklet Black and White Large Print Printed copy from Lulu … Continue reading
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