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Oswald Bayer’s book handles the idea of living by faith. In fact his whole book centers Romans 1:17. In the early part of…
I have received a lot of positive feedback over the last several years from the Plan A and Plan B Teaching Sheet titled,…
Chances are that you have never heard of an epistemological crisis. Don’t worry I will be the first to confess that the terminology…
When I was in grade school I collected baseball cards. My favorite baseball player was Orel Hershiser of the Los Angeles Dodgers. I…
“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow… The power of sin, death and the devil has been destroyed…
So how has the church responded to the decline in church attendance in America? Rev. Terry Forke has just released an excellent article…
Thesis III of Walther’s Law and Gospel in Laymen’s Terms: Understanding the differences between God’s demanding words and God’s words of promise is…
Does Everybody Have a God? What do we love? What do we place our hope in? What do we value? The way that…
During the time of Martin Luther there were theological presuppositions that had been ingrained in the lives, thoughts and actions of the people….
I learned a lesson in humility from a book that I recently read. In the book the authors, Mortimer Adler and Charles Van…
Several years ago I received the criticism from some parishioners (former now), that I was preaching and teaching with a low view of…
Have you read this new book by Todd Burpo? This book tells the story of his son who died and went to heaven….
The following is a sermon from one of my friends and mentors, Pastor Rick Bridston. The sermon was delivered as the 2010 Commencement…
Does immorality pose a threat to the Gospel? In other words, do the sins of life, the depravity of man and the ugliness…
A teacher of scripture who wishes to teach and preach correctly needs to present all the different doctrines of the Bible correctly….
The sacraments of baptism and communion were instituted by Jesus. He calls the church to baptize in the great commission of Matthew 28:16-20…
Thesis I of Walther’s Law and Gospel in Laymen’s Terms: The whole Bible can be separated into two easy categories, they are Law…
In John 8:11b Jesus says, “Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.” This is a passage that was spoken…
For devotions and discipleship, one of my staff and I worked through C.F.W. Walther’s book titled, “The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel.”…
There have been many excellent books written for parishioners of abusive pastors and structures. Books like, “The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse,” are…
There is a concept called the ‘Friendship Factor.’ The Friendship Factor says that some 70-90% of people who join a church join primarily…
For many years I held to the idea that a healthy church is a loving church. All sorts of love, happiness, warmth, and…
“Baptize an infant? No way! We want to wait for our children to get older so that they can actually mean it, so…
As a pastor I feel the burden to “grow the church.” Yes, I know that the pastor doesn’t build the church, but I…