Changes to Your Website – Search Box and “Related Articles” Features Added for Your Convenience
Two items have been added to the Brothers of John the Steadfast site that we wanted to call your attention to. In the…
Author: Norm Fisher
Norm was raised in the UCC in Connecticut, and like many fell away from the church after high school. With this background he saw it primarily as a service organization. On the miracle of his first child he came back to the church. On moving to Texas a few years later he found a home in Lutheranism when he was invited to a confessional church a half-hour away by our new neighbors.
He is one of those people who found a like mind in computers while in Middle School and has been programming ever since. He's responsible for many websites, including the Book of Concord, LCMSsermons.com, and several other sites.
He has served the church in various positions, including financial secretary, sunday school teacher, elder, PTF board member, and choir member.
Norm has been involved behind the scenes in many of the "go-to" websites for Lutherans going back many years.
He is one of those people who found a like mind in computers while in Middle School and has been programming ever since. He's responsible for many websites, including the Book of Concord, LCMSsermons.com, and several other sites.
He has served the church in various positions, including financial secretary, sunday school teacher, elder, PTF board member, and choir member.
Norm has been involved behind the scenes in many of the "go-to" websites for Lutherans going back many years.
Task Force Proposals and Treatise 55
This paper was originally published on the Wittenberg Trail by Rev. Scott Hojnacki; we at BJS thought our readership would like to review…
Petition has 1000 signatories and it’s not yet up 24 hours! Here are Some Choice Comments Like “Leave My Daddy Alone”
The petition to ask the LCMS Board of Directors to back off from their threats of legal action against Issues, Etc. radio show…
Immediate Action Required – Get Your E-mails/Phone Calls In to Synod!
It has been brought to our attention that the Board of Directors meets this week (Feb. 19-20), and the Council of Presidents meets…
To threaten or not to threaten; The full letter
Since LCMS Inc. is denying that it has threatened legal action against Pastor Wilken and Jeff Schwarz, we at BJS thought that you…
Getting Tied Up in Our Legal Briefs – Issues Etc Trademark Filing Information, by Norm Fisher
Thanks to BJS website reader Stan Slonkosky we have the web locations for the various legal filings on the Issues, Etc. lawsuit matter….
Sign up for Friday Night Parties at the Conference
Just a quick announcement .. our latest posting about the Conference asked that you sign up for one of the four parties, but…
Last Minute Details on the Conference – Still Time to Register
Still Time to Register – The national conference is this coming weekend, February 13 – 14. We are very pleased with our registration…
New resource – LCMSpolitics.org
Brothers — We are in the process of developing a new resource, LCMSpolitics.org .. if you are interested in helping us develop this,…
Reading through the Book of Concord, week of Feb 9th
One of the goals of the Brothers of John the Steadfast is the creation of reading groups whose intention is to get with…
Reading through the Book of Concord, week of Feb 2nd
One of the goals of the Brothers of John the Steadfast is the creation of reading groups whose intention is to get with…
Notes on the Liturgy #17 — Sanctus
(One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to train the Brothers in good practice and theology. This article is…
Reading through the Book of Concord, week of Jan 26th
One of the goals of the Brothers of John the Steadfast is the creation of reading groups whose intention is to get with…
Notes on the Liturgy #16 — Preface and Proper Preface
(One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to train the Brothers in good practice and theology. This article is…
Series on Christ-centered, Cross-focused preaching. From Pr. Wilken
Dear Friend of Issues, Etc., When it came to preaching, St. Paul had a very simple standard: “We preach Christ crucified.” (1 Corinthians…
Bulletin Insert Sample for BJS National Conference
In case you haven’t thought of it for your church, here is a “bulletin insert” that I put in my church bulletin this…
Reading through the Book of Concord, week of Jan 19th
One of the goals of the Brothers of John the Steadfast is the creation of reading groups whose intention is to get with…
Reading through the Book of Concord, week of Jan 12th
For those of you who have said that you want to start the Online Reading Group when we start at the beginning of…
The Blue Ribbon Plan, by Rev. Martin R. Noland
(Editor’ s Note: We have had a lot of interest shown in Rev. Noland’s article and so we thought we would publish it…
Notes on the Liturgy #15 – The Offering
(One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to train the Brothers in good practice and theology. This article is…
Reading through the Book of Concord, week of Jan 5th
For those of you who have said that you want to start the Online Reading Group when we start at the beginning of…
Our New LutheranWiktionary Has A Definition of Confessional Lutheranism to which We Invite Comments
I’ve noticed on a few boards recently, discussions on the different terms, confessional, conservative, liturgical, etc. I found this definition from Pastor Dick…
Introducing LutheranWiktionary.org – A Confessional Lutheran Dictionary Created by You Our Readers
We would like you our readers to help us create a confessional theology dictionary. Many of you pastors and laymen are sufficiently knowledgeable…
New edition of the Book of Concord – Henkel German to English translation
As a word or three of introduction, my Mother-in-law, my wife, and I were involved in the project that BJS is promoting below….
Reading through the Book of Concord, week of Dec 29th
For those of you who have said that you want to start the Online Reading Group when we start at the beginning of…