Another great episode of Issues, Etc. interviewing Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller of Hope Lutheran-Aurora, CO. Evangelicals often find themselves lost when walking into a liturgical church service for the first time. Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller has a name for this: Liturgical Shock. … Continue reading
A great post found over on our sister site, KatieLutherSisters.org written by Christina Hamilton: While browsing around Facebook, I saw that Channing Tatum was on the Ellen Show promoting the new Magic Mike Live show. It will of course … Continue reading
Posted by Pr. James May over on the Lutherans in Africa facebook page .. Brothers of John the Steadfast and Rev Timothy Rossow made these great little pamphlets to help teach the liturgy, its Biblical references, and how it … Continue reading
The Montgomery – Kloha debate is scheduled for Saturday, October 15th at Concordia University-Chicago in River Forest Illinois. This is another article in preparation for the debate and to bring a better understanding of the issues to the public. Be … Continue reading
This article is one of two that is to be published in the September 2016 issue of The Lutheran Clarion, published here with the permission of the LCA. Any typos are our fault in transcribing the text from a PDF … Continue reading
Found over on blogs.lcms.org: Over the past year, as legal changes and pressures have increased, many have been asking and waiting for help and guidance from The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod as our congregations, schools and ministries navigate tumultuous waters. The Alliance … Continue reading
Another great post found over on GottesdienstOnline: If you open up your Bible and pray the Psalms you might come across this line, “Oh come let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our maker” … Continue reading
A great post out of our archives — note that the discussion on the original post is worth re-reading. I’ve included some of the comments below. This post was originally penned by Dr. C.F.W. Walther in 1846 .. a reminder … Continue reading
Found over on blogs.lcms.org, this presentation by President Harrison is well worth 30 minutes of your time to listen to. You can also view this video on livestream here … Continue reading
Great post by Pastor Lincoln Winter over on his blog Predigtamt (Musings of a Country Pastor): This will be my last blog post before the LCMS convention begins in Milwaukee. (What do you mean, clickbait?) One way or another, … Continue reading
Found over on SynodConvention.com. Watch that site for good information on the synod convention July 9-14 in Milwaukee. I’m privileged to serve as the president of Immanuel Lutheran Church & School, where Christopher Esget is our senior pastor. Immanuel … Continue reading
Found over on blogs.LCMS.org: LCMS President/President-elect Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison has announced the five nominees who will stand for election as the Synod’s first vice-president at this summer’s LCMS convention. Fickenscher The nominees, in alphabetical order, … Continue reading
Found over on CUI.edu: Dear Concordia family and friends, I’m reaching out to you about proposed legislation in Sacramento, SB1146. On behalf of our Concordia family, I’m asking for your partnership on this critical—and urgent—issue. As currently written, California … Continue reading
SteadfastLutherans has developed a new website since the first issue of Today’s Business came out which contains the resolutions that will be put before the convention in July. This website is LCMSresolutions.org. The website has all the resolutions, a link … Continue reading
Another great post over on SynodConvention.com. I’d recommend that you go there and sign up for email notifications when they publish new posts. This coming Saturday through Tuesday (June 11-14) is the election for the President of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. … Continue reading
This post is found on a new site, SynodConvention.com. This is a great site for any member of a LCMS church or people interested in the convention this summer. Be sure to head over to the SynodConvention site and subscribe … Continue reading
A great post by Pr. Lincoln Winter found over on Predigtamt.wordpress.com: It’s easy to take the bible out of context. We don’t want to use phrases like, “God is not mocked” without making sure we are applying it to … Continue reading
This was originally posted over on LutheranCatechism.com. Be sure to check that site for assistance in teaching your kids or students the Small Catechism and related topics. You can also like the LutheranCatechism group on facebook. Elk River Printing … Continue reading
Synod President Pastor Matthew Harrison is doing live video devotionals on facebook each day this week at 8:30am. Facebook users who have the feature can “live subscribe” to get notification when these are about to me published each day; hold … Continue reading
Found an article by Pr. Hans Fiene over on The Federalist: When God put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden naked, this was a sign that he had given our first parents all they needed. Because God … Continue reading
With the upcoming (Feb 20th) deadline of overtures to the 2016 LCMS Convention (see this post), and the late arrival of the 3-10A Task Force Report (PDF file here), there is very little time to get an overture submitted to … Continue reading
Found over on the new website, LutheranCatechism.com. Join in the conversation on Facebook in the group Lutheran Catechism: In the Preface of his Large Catechism, Luther states substantive reasons why the Christian faithful should continually use the catechism. Both the … Continue reading
LAST CALL for early registration! Be sure to tie a string around your finger! Discounts end on 12-31-2015! Click here for more information. Save the date – February 4-6, 2016 – the conference of the Brothers … Continue reading
Found over on CanadianLutheran.cc: WINNIPEG – Lutheran Church–Canada President Robert Bugbee has asked pastors and churches across the Synod to pray for the Oromo people during this Christmas festival season. “Many of you may never have heard of this … Continue reading
Another great post found over on Pastor Paul R. Harris’ blog, St. Antony’s Cave: Obviously Paul Simon had mommy issues. “Mama looked down and spit on the ground every time my name gets mentioned.” “The first thing I remember, … Continue reading