“Full of Good Works, Dearly Missed, in Resurrection Hope” (Acts 9:36-42) Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means…
Every week at divine service and maybe every day at home, we pray the Lord’s Prayer, but do we realize its meaning for…
Rev. Brent McGuire discusses the Evangelical use of Revelation 20:5-6 to support a 1000 year reign of Christ on Earth. https://wittenbergmedia.org/audio/REPT_Revelation.20.5-6.mp3 Original Air…
In the British television show, Doc Martin, the newly arrived doctor in a small village is annoyed by villagers using the waiting room…
Today we hear Jesus say, “He who has ears to hear, let Him hear!” But what should you listen to? Better yet: how…
Click here to listen to this week’s show. This week on LampLight Conversations, BJS’ own Pastor Eric Andersen, who serves at both Zion Lutheran…
With a few warm days, rural America turns its attention to another growing season. What an occasion to focus reread Luke 8:4-15. When…
On Saturday I hosted the KFUO show Concord Matters along with two guests, Pr. David Kind of ULC in Minneapolis and Pr. Marcus…
I find that watching the Winter Olympics is mostly unsatisfying, but not simply because I should be doing more productive things. Maybe it…
“Jesus Really Means What He Says” (Matthew 5:38-48) Listen again to what Jesus says to us in today’s Gospel reading, and tell me…
Yesterday it was brought to light that there is trouble stirring up at Concordia University in Chicago. The issue can be seen on…
This is an extensive are far ranging interview with Dr. Zimmerman on the events that lead up to the walk-out. A number of…
This reflection is a comparison between two commemorations. The first one is the death of Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor, 18 November, 1546…
It has been several years now since the formation of the Association of Confessing Evangelical Lutheran Congregations (ACELC). For a detailed account of…
That’s the Churchill family motto since 1661. It’s not Latin but Spanish, and nobody knows why. It expresses how I have frequently thought…
Dear all BJS readers — Tomorrow our own Norm Fisher, tech guru and master of all things web-related is going to be having…
Click here to listen to this week’s show. This week on LampLight Conversations, Pastor Brian Kachelmeier, who serves at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Los…
Sitting calmly in one spot, standing on cue, holding a hymnal without letting it become a projectile, going for communion without scaling the…
Great article found by Norm over at Build it Back. Your congregation is without a permanent place to worship. You’ve got enough…
Saturday morning the alarm clock went off. Translation: It was a healthy bit after 8:00 and the kids were fighting about who was…
“Life and Blessing in God’s Commandments” (Deuteronomy 30:15-20) I am going to say something that may surprise you today: There is life and…
Complaining is something we do all too naturally. Consider the children of Israel. When they were in slavery, the Egyptians were ruthless toward them and made their…
I’m pleased to announce that we are now on the THIRD printing of the pewcards shown below. My boss, a solid lutheran owner…
Great article by Erika E. Mildred found over on CCLE.org’s website: Slowly but surely, for the past few decades, the discussion of…
A while back, the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America adopted a statement on the doctrine of justification that decisively rejected the teaching…