Who’s Catholic and Apostolic?
Here’s a story which may or may not be completely metaphorical. Pseudonymous pastors Kris and Theo were overseers of the One, Holy, Catholic,…
Here’s a story which may or may not be completely metaphorical. Pseudonymous pastors Kris and Theo were overseers of the One, Holy, Catholic,…
I am a post-Evangelical adult convert to confessional Lutheranism, something I’m content to wear on my sleeve. My journey out of Evangelicalism was…
One of the Biblical qualifications for those who are to be Pastors is that they must be “apt to teach.” Teach the faith,…
Nobody wants to be on the losing team. In an effort to attract a larger clientele, many businesses attempt to project that their…
“…and who is my neighbor?” …the lawyer asked Jesus, seeking to justify himself. Jesus had just commanded a perfect love for God and…
It was a dark, cold night, on the evening of January first, when two weary travelers trudged through a dimly lit neighborhood in…
Christian worship has always made significant use of the Psalms, which have always been meant to be sung. No matter what your approach…
There have historically been two dominant approaches to the determination of worship forms and substance within Protestantism, known as the “normative principle of…
“Therefore we ought and must constantly maintain this point, that God does not wish to deal with us otherwise than through the spoken…
Continuing from Part 1 of Ten Earnest Pleas … Consider carefully your liturgical model. Consider the sequential form of your gatherings. What…
In the constant conflicts over worship in our synod, it seems that too often the level of discourse quickly devolves to snide caricatures…
…is it just me, or is this title hopelessly contradictory? And yet, this is the message that countless congregations endeavor to send to…