In Case You Wondered What Mollie Does for a Living
We here at BJS are grateful to God for the accomplished writers who blog for us, Pastor Wilken, Pastor Preus and Mollie. Mollie…
We here at BJS are grateful to God for the accomplished writers who blog for us, Pastor Wilken, Pastor Preus and Mollie. Mollie…
A few months ago THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE featured an article about the Greek Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Isaiah, the spiritual head of the 14-state…
(Editor’s Note: This is from Jim Claybourn commenting on a previous post here on the site.) We are planning on beginning a weekly…
(Editor’s Note: We welcome Pastor Robert Niehus to our list of columnists. Each day as a part of his normal routine Pastor Niehus…
CHRISTIANS & THE CHALLENGE OF ISLAM: A BALANCED VIEW This will be the theme of the Second Annual Apologetics Conference to be held…
Rosemarie does not know it yet but she had a part in starting the Brothers of John the Steadfast. I have not seen…
(This is the final post of a five part series on worship in the LCMS.) What is the future of the LCMS…
I just got a look at one of the key articles in the upcoming issue of the Steadfast Quarterly and it is superb….
(Editor’s note: this is part four of a five part series on worship by Pr. Preus.) Many pastors and congregations in our…
(Pr. Otten writes the “Steadfast Lessons from the Past” column found on the “Regular Columns” page.) We have heard that it is…
(Editor’s Note: This is part three of a five part series on worship in the LCMS.) What is this trend in our…
Check out our Confessions Reading Groups Ticker on the Confessional Growth page of the website. It continues to go up, not as fast…
Pastor Todd Wilken, host of Issues, Etc., will be installed as Assistant Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Millstadt, Illinois on Sunday,…
(Editor’s Note: This is part two of a five part series on worship in the LCMS.) Have you every wondered why we…
(Editor’s Note: Pastor Simcak touches on a theme that will get much attention on this site in the weeks to come. Defining “missions”…
The pretense is over, the jig is up, and the powers to be within the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod have played their hand and…
(Editor’s Note: With this post Pastor Preus begins a five part series on worship in the LCMS.) Have you ever wondered why…
(Editor’s Note: Jonathan is on our BJS steering committee. He is the author, producer and voice of our fine promotional spots on Issues,…
Mercy is an oft redefined word; so much so that people use it in conjunction with killing and do not laugh themselves silly…
(Editor’s Note: BJS is proud to have attorney Craig Parton on our advisory board. Mr. Parton is a former evangelical who catechized into…
(Editor’s Note: Confessional Lutherans for Christ’s Commission (CLCC) is one of the many confessional organizations that have a regular column on the…
I just got word of a chapter starting up in Pennsacola, Florida. James Neiswonger informs us that their group is unamed as yet…
(Editor’s Introduction: We thank David Atkinson, a BJS steering committee member, for this description of the confessional group that meets regularly out in…
Ablaze has its evangelism counter and BJS has its Confessional Reading Groups counter. The news in the synod lately and my recent vacation…
A few of the comments to various stories about the synod convocation have asked for a description of what went on. The following…