Yesterday Pastor Wilken posted a comment on the President Benke story that is worthy of re-posting here for all to read. Pastor Wilken…
There are many devotional sources around the web that will deliver to your inbox a new short piece to help you in your…
The Rev. Tom Chryst has an awesome post to help you see how much you’re under the influence of evangelicalism. He’s taking suggestions…
The unionistically tolerant Atlantic District President David Benke is intolerant of his fellow LCMS members. A group called Interested Laymen have grown frustrated…
We at BJS have created a column where we hope to review at least one program from Issues, Etc. each week. Our hope…
You have heard of bad hair days? Well, Rev. Kieschnick and Rev. Matt Harrison had bad AV days but according to our source,…
A friend who works in politics just sent me the following press release that ran across his desk. He thought it was hilarious….
(Scott’s posts are archived on the Regular Columns page under the title “Apologetics: Apply Liberally.” This is the first in a series on…
So from Ed Stetzer’s Twitter feed, I learn that another Baptist will be meeting with Synodical leadership tomorrow. Here’s the, uh, tweet: Dinner…
One of the people I follow on Twitter is Ed Stetzer. Stetzer is part of the LifeWay Research Team, a Baptist research effort…
A group of LCMS laymen have grown concerned that the Blue Ribbon Task Force’s (BRTF) approach to getting feedback is not as complete…
OK, OK, so I’ll get back to synodical politics in a day or two. But today is Sunday, and it’s still Easter, so…
I’m working on a story about how families should plan the end-of-life care of elderly family members and treat it as a sanctity…
We at BJS have created a new column where we hope to review at least one program from Issues, Etc. each week. Our…
President Kieschnick’s most recent letter to pastors includes this request: What is the Synod’s position on . It is not at all unusual…
For Pascha, two Greek Orthodox churches on the island of Chios fire rockets at each other. During the Divine Liturgy. My congregation is…
(These posts are adapted from a presentation Pastor Preus made in Sweden for the North European Luther Academy in 2006 and which was…
The Lord richly blessed the work of the now sainted Robert Preus. Not only did he gather together one of the most incredible…
(These posts are adapted from a presentation Pastor Preus made in Sweden for the North European Luther Academy in 2006 and which was…
The Lutherans Concerned Association and the Association of Confessional Lutherans are holding their annual conference in Minneapolis this year. This conference and many…
(These posts are adapted from a presentation Pastor Preus made in Sweden for the North European Luther Academy in 2006 and which was…
I had an interesting surprise this morning as I was greeting members coming through the line after service. One of our members mentioned…
(Heidelberg is the site of Luther’s famous disputations with his then Augustinian brothers, thus the title of this post. Jon’s posts can be…
This is part of a series of articles on evangelism that is being written by Pastor Elliott for the St John Lutheran Church…
I remember reading the original Issues, Etc. petition and being astonished at all of the folks who credited becoming Lutheran to Pastor Wilken…