Sasse, Harrison, and Inerrancy
It has been a long time since I have been so thoroughly edified, educated, and stimulated by one book. I am talking about…
It has been a long time since I have been so thoroughly edified, educated, and stimulated by one book. I am talking about…
In Tuesday’s USA Today, Rick Hampson published an interesting article on the change in America after the assassination of John F. Kennedy titled…
Text: Ephesians 5:22-33 [Wedding of John and Mary Smith; groom is an army veteran; names have been changed] One of the few things…
Text: Luke 14:25-35 [16th Sunday after Pentecost] In American society, there are many people who have total dedication to their vocation. Mothers who…
Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shows up often in lists of the most important, and most influential, American novels. No doubt…
Pre-orders are now being taken for the Festschrift for the Rev. Daniel Preus, Third Vice-President of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Preus is the…
Editorial comment: Pastor Charles Henrickson has done a great job working through all the resolutions and presenting comments on them. Pastor Martin Noland…
The LC-MS Commission on Constitutional Matters (hereafter CCM) needs reform NOW, at this convention, if not complete dismantling. Why? First, any person who…
Another issue of the Lutheran Clarion is out from the Lutheran Concerns Association. Here is the lead article from the magazine: The…
Text: Luke 7:11-17 [3rd Sunday afte Pentecost] What will you do when you are personally faced with death? Death could stare you in…
Text: John 17:20-26 [Seventh Sunday of Easter] Forty-one-thousand. That is the number of Christian denominations around the world today. 41,000! That doesn’t even…
Text: John 20:19-31 [2nd Sunday of Easter] Seeing is believing–or is it? Do you see Jesus or do you believe in Jesus? Is…
Former Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) President Gerald Kieschnick recently commented on the responses to the Newtown, Connecticut interfaith prayer service held on December…
Whereas our forebears in the faith consistently followed the orthodox Lutheran practice of only removing a pastor, teacher, or other church-worker from his…
I recently was trying to find a good exegetical treatment of the Bible’s doctrine of creation, when I found Joel D. Heck’s little…
Dedicated to my great-great-great-grandparents Heinrich Ludwig Hoelter and Maria Elsabein Bohning Did you know that the use of Christmas trees in American churches…
When Martin Luther started the Reformation in 1517, what did he imagine that the church would look like when he was done? What…
The latest issue of the “Lutheran Clarion” is online and is worth reading and downloading for your files. Click here to obtain your…
LCMS synodical conventions have two essential matters of business: elections and resolutions. Both have to go well to have good fruit. If you…
Let’s start with full disclosure for all you skeptics and cynics. I am a graduate of Concordia Teacher’s College (predecessor to Concordia University-Chicago),…
“Lutherans Engage the World” is the latest “new media” to come out of the synodical office, and it shines on all fronts. Deaconess…
I was tempted to title this article, “What’s wrong with the LCMS, Inc.?” Then, as I thought about it for awhile, I realized…
Another question came in using our “Ask a Pastor” button on the top of the sidebar. We are getting several questions coming in…
As a church historian, I feel compelled to remind my fellow Christians in America of a dire threat to their religious freedom, which…
The Constitution of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has clearly and vigorously rejected syncretism, in principle and in practice, since it was adopted by…