Fruit of Which Vine?

When it comes to the practice of Holy Communion many churches use grape juice as opposed to wine. Is the blood of Christ…

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Ash Wednesday

Pastor Karl Weber wrote this for his March 2012 newsletter and gives his permission to share it wherever. Feel free to copy it…

Church and Politics

In my recent article I encouraged Minnesotans to vote “yes,” November 6, 2012, on the “Marriage Protection Amendment to the Minnesota State Constitution,”…

Lawsuits and Court

Rev. Dr. Karl Weber wrote this very timely piece after gleaning comments and posts here at BJS.  He has compiled a lot of…

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Capital Punishment

In light of the Fifth Commandment; “Thou shalt not murder,” why does the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and, our Catechism [endnote 1] teach that…