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Category: NOT YOUR GRANDFATHERS’ CHURCH: Visits to Not-So-Stead

Firearms Training, by Phillip Magness

(Editor’s Note: Cantor Phillip Magness writes the column “Not your Grandfather’s Church” for BJS. This edition is not about a local parish but…

Posted On 31 Jul 201014 Nov 2012

The Church that Walther, Chemnitz, Luther, Paul, Moses and Elijah would Attend, A Discussion Between Phillip Magness and George in Wheaton

Last week’s post about  a Matt Harrison presidency and what that would mean for the local parish has led to a helpful exchange…

Posted On 21 Dec 20096 Apr 2010

Worship the Waffle House Way, by Phillip Magness

(Phillip Magness writes our “Not Your Grandfather’s Church” Column. In this post he considers the notion of the liturgy as positive branding for…

Posted On 3 Aug 20093 Aug 2009

Not Your Grandfathers’ Church ““ A Visit to Another Not-So-Steadfast Church, by Phillip Magness

(Cantor Magness writes a regular column for the Steadfast Quarterly. This is his article from Volume 1, #3, which we thought would be…

Posted On 13 Apr 200913 Apr 2009

A Funny and Scary Video

(Editor’s Note: This video and introduction is brought to us by our BJS columnist Cantor Phillip Magness. He got the video  from fellow…

Posted On 5 Nov 200827 Nov 2008

Not Your Grandfather’s Church ““ Visits to Not So Steadfast Churches, by Cantor Phillip Magness

Recently I had the opportunity to visit an LCMS congregation in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Entering a large sanctuary with free-standing altar…

Posted On 22 Oct 200822 Oct 2008

NOT YOUR GRANDFATHERS’ CHURCH: Visits to Not-So-Steadfast Churches

By Phillip Magness A couple of years ago, I was traveling back home from vacation with my family and decided to attend Divine…

Posted On 16 Jun 200826 Jun 2008

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