FiveTwo’s Wordless, Bloodless, and Christless Theory of Sacrament
FiveTwo recently published an article by Jim Marriot titled, “The Sacramental Nature of Music.” At the outset he claims: “I believe music has…
FiveTwo recently published an article by Jim Marriot titled, “The Sacramental Nature of Music.” At the outset he claims: “I believe music has…
Associate editor’s note: In the part 1, we saw Dr. Becker pit Jesus against Scripture and his dismissal of certain biblical books (Hebrews,…
Associate editor’s note: In the part 1, we saw Dr. Becker pit Jesus against Scripture and his dismissal of certain biblical books (Hebrews,…
Dr. Matthew L. Becker[1] is known for teaching publicly that qualified women should be ordained as pastors.[2] Many wonder how he can reach…
In the movie, Saving Private Ryan, Private Reiben asks, “Where’s the sense of riskin’ the lives of the eight of us to save…
Found at Logia Online. Highly needed and valuable, a review of Dr. Matthew L. Becker’s book, Fundamental Theology: A Protestant Perspective, by a…
Marilyn and I were walking in Nice, Provence. While passing a gallery, something on a wall inside caught me. I stopped, stepped back,…
When iPhone got Apple Maps, Apple received a storm of criticism. The maps were inaccurate. Australian police issued a warning not to use…
It is great having interaction between authors and readers here on Brothers of John the Steadfast. One of our readers posted a thoughtful…
The children of a prominent family commissioned a biographer to write a book of family history. They warned him about the black sheep…
The Lutheran Concerns Association has issued an “Open Letter to The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod,” in its newsletter, The Lutheran Clarion, vol. 7, no….
Trinity Lutheran Church, Sidney, MT St. John Lutheran Church, Fairview, MT 1 Timothy 4 February 15, 2015 “We are beggars. This is…
A good friend suffered a heart attack. His doctor prescribed a treadmill to strengthen his heart and taught him about healthy diet. One…
Beautiful for the Lenten season, Around the Word Bible Studies offers a series of excellent studies on The Seven Penitential Psalms. These Psalms…
The case of Dr. Matthew L. Becker illustrates defection from Scripture by the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. This defection is not by…
Recent events have spurred me to pull together a general bibliography of materials relevant to the historic Lutheran liturgy. The first was this…
In 1964, my oldest brother, David, participated in the Sixth National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America at Valley Forge. The rest…
Recently two friends went out of their way at the same school event to issue putdowns towards liturgical worship in the Lutheran church….
Suffering. The many explanations are pretty much a pile of rubbish. People suffer on without consolation. The explanations more or less just pile…
Jesus saves us from sin. But we sin on. This sinning on bothers people. We are saved from the penalty of sin in…
The former President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod is decrying clergy dominance. The FiveTwo network is calling on people to become…
On a flight from Nice to Amsterdam, the man next to me and I talked about our work. After a while he exclaimed,…
This article is a layman’s plea to confessional Lutheran pastors, theologians, and doctors to consider the myriad of challenges to the doctrine upon…
When I was a kid, my next door neighbor was my best friend. He was a good kid. He excelled at sports and…
“Mom always liked you best.” That was the signature line of the comedy act, the Smothers Brothers. In an interview by PBS, Tommy…