The Divine Service – an Explanation now in its ELEVENTH printing
— James R. Cutler, November 12, 2022 Announcing the eleventh printing of The Divine Service —an explanation, a pewcard. See more information about…
Author: Steadfast Lutherans
A reminder on the change in the LCMS on the Order of Creation – guest post by Scott Diekmann
The Apology of the Book of Concord was written in 1583 by Martin Chemnitz and others. It defends the theology found in the…
Participation in the consecration of a Finnish Bishop – guest article by Rev. Jonathan Lange
Editor’s Note: Rev. Lange has asked me to publish this piece, which is a response to my article that reported of the consecration…
Luther writing on insurrections…
Here is Luther’s 1525 work on the peasants revolt: Luther “Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants” Here’s an older blog post…
Easter Day Devotion – “No Trouble Troubles Me”
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Initial Thoughts on the New WELS Hymnal by Rev. Nathan Higgins
Through its Northwestern Publishing House, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod is on track to publish a new hymnal in Advent of 2021. This…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
Each of our Scripture lessons today speaks against placing our self and our names, personal needs and reputations above those of our neighbor….
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Just as Christ raised the son of the widow of Nain to go home and help his mother, and she to love her…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Feast Of St. Michael & All Angels Sunday
Never forget, dear Christians, as the Baptized, you are children of God and, thus, you are of those little ones with your very…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
What is this faith of the tenth leper by which Jesus says he was saved, not merely cleansed as He says of the…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
We are, each of us, like the priest and the Levite who pass by the man dying on the road. It is not…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
A sinner cannot come to know or believe in God by his own free will any more than a deaf man can will…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Faith boasts not of itself, but is always seeking the mercy of God for the forgiveness of sins. Forgiven in Christ Jesus, faith…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Tenth Sunday after Trinity
Jesus did not tolerate the misuse of His Father’s house and drove out those who robbed His people in the name of worship….
A Reading from the Book of Concord – Ninth Sunday after Trinity
As managers of God’s means of grace (1 Cor. 4:1), pastors have nothing of their own to give or withhold. They are not…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Eighth Sunday after Trinity
Why does Jesus tell us to “Beware of false prophets?” These “ravenous wolves,” regardless of their pious appearance and stated intent, are destructive…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Seventh Sunday after Trinity
Whether four thousand gathered in a desolate place, or a few hundred (or even two or three) gathered around Jesus to hear Him…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Christ calls men to go into the world to fish for men and make them part of His kingdom in the Holy Christian…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Good works and the suffering of Christ and the Christian go hand in hand, indeed they are “the firstfruits” of the Spirit of…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Third Sunday after Trinity
This is how and where God the Son “receives sinners and eats with them”—He pours out God the Holy Spirit in the ministry…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Second Sunday after Trinity
Why doesn’t everybody go to heaven? As Jesus illustrates in the story He tells in today’s Gospel lesson, people feel they have better,…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – First Sunday after Trinity
The reward of the kingdom of heaven is a matter of God having mercy to comfort those who receive it through faith according…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – The Feast of Holy Trinity
In answer to Nicodemus’s query about God and being born again into His kingdom, Jesus reveals the persons, work, and relationship of the…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – The Day of Pentecost
According to Jesus, the purpose and work of the Holy Spirit is to “teach” and “bring to remembrance” everything He taught His disciples…
A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Easter 7
The Holy Spirit is the Helper sent by Christ so that the distinction between the Law and Gospel of God’s Word is properly…