Losing idols is painful – A plea for helping Roman Catholics who have lost their trust in the papacy.
One of the most painful things that God does to us in our lives is to rip away our idols from our trust. …
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.
Great Stuff – Gottesdienst – Real Sin. Real Forgiveness. Real Faith. Real Fruits of Repentance.
Gottesdienst has posted an excellent editorial. Check out the many new posts at their site. The topic of grace for the disgraced pastor…
An introduction to Evanguard, camps for Lutheran fathers and sons
Greetings in Christ’s name! The following is a preview of a group of pastors and laymen formed for the training of men and…
Now in print — “Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach” by Rev. Andrew Richard
In our present day of fear mongering to scare Christians into action “Be at Leisure” is a traditional and refreshing approach to “outreach”. …
Time to order your 2019 Pastoral Desk Diary from CPH
This resource is excellent. It includes a lot of features that are useful for the Lutheran Pastor (including the texts for the…
Some Notes on AC XIV
These are some notes I prepared when I taught at a circuit pastors meeting a couple months ago in the High Plains Circuit…
Sermon on Matthew 28:16-20 – Installation of Rev. Derrick Brown
Sermon Matthew 28:16-20 – Installation of Rev. Derrick Brown at Our Saviour Lutheran Church of Vernal, Utah – June 10, A.D. 2018 Grace,…
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis Board of Regents Minutes from March 2018
In response to the ongoing problems related to the Summer 2017 Concordia Journal I have asked for the official minutes from the March…
Update on Norm Fisher and request for short term support through donations
Dear readers of Steadfast, Thank you for your donations if you have donated already. We now have a bit better understanding of the…
Christ not College First Conference – Boulder, Colorado – June 30
One of our newest sermon contributors is hosting a conference for youth and their families that is very timely. The conference is free…
LutheranPundit at 2 months old – Some Thoughts.
We started LutheranPundit to quickly distribute news directly from the sources to Lutherans. It has been a success so far and has gained…
Please pray for Norm! – UPDATED with info on how to give funds to help.
Readers and friends of Steadfast. Our own Norm Fisher, Confessional Lutheran web guru and tech expert of this site and many others has…
Call week – Advice for new pastors.
This week in the LCMS a number of men will receive their calls to serve as pastors in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Here…
Gottesdienst on Concordia Journal
A new Concordia Journal has been released which addresses the issues that caused pastors of both the Wyoming and South Wisconsin Districts to…
Register Now – Congress on the Lutheran Confessions April 18-20
A Congress on the Lutheran Confessions Presented by the Association of Confessional Lutherans National Free Conference No. 29 and the Luther Academy Lecture…
Some warning from the ELCA… and a great video from the Fort Wayne Symposia
So in the heavily antinomian, reductionistic, Biblically uninformed “bound conscience” ELCA a couple recent things should be pointed out as warnings for those…
2018 Congress on the Lutheran Confessions – Register now
A Congress on the Lutheran Confessions Presented by the Association of Confessional Lutherans National Free Conference No. 29 and the Luther Academy Lecture…
Second Edition of Lutheran Purgatory book – request for participants.
Editor’s Note: There have been measures in the past few years to improve the candidate situation in the LCMS, but there is still…
An update on some LCMS changes going on in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Over at the LCMS Blog there is a nice post explaining some of the changes going on in LCMS International Missions in Asia. …
Keeping Pastors accountable to their Ordination Vows – a way for Laity to show love to their pastor
“Do you promise that you will perform the duties of your office in accordance with these Confessions, and that all your preaching and…
2018 Lent Devotionals Now Available – “The Lord’s Prayer in the Lord’s Passion”
The 2018 Lent Devotional from Steadfast Lutherans is ready to be downloaded and printed. Here are the versions for download: eReader and Large…
Concordia, St. Paul joins in partnership with NALC Seminary
From the website of Concordia, St. Paul’s theology department. “Announcing a partnership with the North American Lutheran Seminary” The Department of Theology…
Jesus First, er… Congregations Matter supports the chartering of the Queer-Straight Alliance at Concordia Portland
Congregations Matter, already proven to be nothing more than a rebrand of the old Jesus First and Day Star movements of the 2000s…
NEWS – An Open Letter from Concordia University, Portland. Queer Straight Alliance now chartered as club on campus.
A new “Open Letter” has hit the web today. It’s an open letter from Concordia Portland President Schlimpert to the “Concordia Community” in…
Montana District President Forke puts out an article for age of Earth discussion
District President Rev. Terry Forke has put out an article for his own district pastors (and by reason of putting it online) for…