Bursting the BRTFSSG Bubble, Part 2: Conscience-Bound
Scott’s posts are archived on the Regular Columns page under the title “Apologetics – Apply Lberally.” He has also posted this story on…
Month: November 2009
Scripps Howard Newservice Interviews BJS Contributor Phillip Magness on Worship Wars
Editor’s Note: Phillip Magness, Cantor at Bethany Lutheran Church Naperville, Illinois and regular columnist on this website was interviewed last week by the…
Montana District President Terry Forke Replies to Pastor Preus BJS Article on Worship Theses
Editor’s Note: Pastor Klemet Preus posted “A Modest Suggestion to the DPs regarding their Theses on Worship” last month, and the author of…
Great Example of What a Synodical Presidential Address Ought to Be from WELS President Mark Schroeder, by Pr. Rossow
The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) President Mark Schroeder delivered a wonderful address to their convention last summer. He seamlessly interwove doctrine and…
Helpful Information on the Status of the Seminaries in a Note from President Meyer to CSL Students
Dear Students, A short e-mail to thank you for a good quarter! After the recession’s stomach punch last year, I’m thankful… That…
Report on ULMA Fall Meeting and Forum
(Editor’s Note: ULMA is the United Lutheran Mission Association. They are an independent conservative Lutheran group of congregations. We publish regular reports from…
Wild Boar Demands Apology for Jackalope Accusations, by Pr. Rossow
The Wild Boar has demanded an apology for my assertion that the Jackalope is a mythic character. The Wild Boar offers so…
Is the Synod Better Off?
Editor: We have had reports that it is hard to link to this post; I’ve created a page you can link to at:…
Wonderful Defense of Residency Formation by Seminary President Dale Meyer – Jackelopes Arise, by Pr. Rossow
As I read the opening editorial in the most recent Concordia Journal (page 10 or 346 here) from the St. Louis Seminary I…
The effect of TCN on LCMS Children and Youth (Part 2 of 2) By Johannes
“Johannes” is a retired layman who serves district and synodical organizations. He has also served as a delegate to district and synodical conventions,…
Bursting the BRTFSSG Bubble, Part 1, by Scott Diekmann
(Scott’s posts are archived on the Regular Columns page under the title “Apologetics – Apply Lberally.” He has also posted this story on…
Let’s not tinker with Article II, More thoughts on the BRTSFG, by Klemet Preus
In my previous blog I discussed one of the proposed changes to Article II of the LCMS Constitution and the reductionistic nature of…
The effect of TCN on LCMS Children and Youth (Part 1 of 2) by Johannes
“Johannes” is a retired layman who serves district and synodical organizations. He has also served as a delegate to district and synodical conventions,…
Change Change Change, A Cartoon by Scott Blazek
This is an older Blazek cartoon never published on BJS but we thought it was fitting for the upcoming Regional Gatherings at which…
CHURCH PROPERTY OWNERSHIP ““ Legal Advice Needed! By Andy Simcak, Texas Confessional Lutherans
On December 26, 2008 I submitted an article to BJS. You can read the entire article under the heading of “Regular Columns or…
Pastor as CEO and now LCMS President as CEO; BRTFSG Org Chart for Synod Unveiled, by Pr. Rossow
Last week we shared with you the troubling news that heterodox consultants were a driving force behind the Blue Ribbon proposals for restructuring…
Hijacked Church Saga Part II – “I am a rational and propositionally based old school Lutheran”, by Carol Wysocki
I am a rational and propositionally based Old School Lutheran and I plan to stay that way (Editor’s Note by Pastor Rossow: For…
Audio Version by Matt Harrison of Walther’s Misused Sermon from 1872
Yesterday I posted a critique of the Blue Ribbon Task Force’s misuse of Walther’s 1872 sermon on pure doctrine for the saving of…
The Saga of a Return to the LCMS Only to Find it Hijacked ““ Part I, by Carol Wysocki
(Editor’s Note by Pastor Rossow: Carol Wysocki is a lay-woman from the Chicago area. After enduring the saga detailed below she began doing…
Part V of Martin Noland’s Essay on Laymens’ Rights — Contemporary Challenges to Laymen’s Rights in the LCMS: The Blue Ribbon Proposal
(Editor’s Note: for an introduction to this essay and for Part I click here. For Part II click here and for Part III…
Blue Ribbon Task Force Gets Walther all Wrong in their Report, They Misunderstand His Teaching on Salvation, by Pr. Rossow
I shall continue working my way consecutively through the Blue Ribbon proposals but want to take a break and jump to the conclusion…
Nominating ballots have now arrived! (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
Late last week the Secretary of the Synod mailed out to each congregation the official nominating ballot for the offices of President, First…
Final Tally for Issues, Etc. Fundraiser
Thanks to our readers who made generous contributions to Issues, Etc. and the Brothers of John the Steadfast. We raised a total of…
Can You Help Us Start a New Chapter of BJS around Thousand Oaks, CA? by Damion Giunta
(Damion Giunta is an LCMS member in the suburbs northwest of Los Angeles. He is hoping to start a chapter of the Brothers…
This is Your Grandfather’s Church – Reflections for All Saints’ Day, by Pr. Stephen Schumacher
(This is the description for the All Saints’ Day Celebration at Bethany Lutheran – Naperville, Illinois that was printed in the bulletin this…