A Laymen’s Commentary on the Smalcald Articles: The Gospel
Part III, Article IV. Of the Gospel. We will now return to the Gospel, which not merely in one way gives us counsel…
Part III, Article IV. Of the Gospel. We will now return to the Gospel, which not merely in one way gives us counsel…
The Seventh Sunday after Trinity July 14, 2013 “Food for Body and Soul” Mark 8:1-9 Click here to listen…
Dear Readers of BJS, I had the opportunity to present on the state of creation and evolution in the LCMS this past spring. …
I had the privilege to attend the 2019 LCMS Convention as a lay voting delegate for New England District Circuit Three. During the…
The following translation was the lead article for the January 25, 1910 issue of Der Lutheraner, the Missouri Synod’s German predecessor to the…
The Sixth Sunday after Trinity July 8, 2018 “Baptism, Dying, and Rising” Romans 6:3-11 Click here to listen audio…
The Fifth Sunday after Trinity July 1, 2018 “Defending the Faith” 1 Peter 3:8-15 Click here to listen audio…
Christ calls men to go into the world to fish for men and make them part of His kingdom in the Holy Christian…
Good works and the suffering of Christ and the Christian go hand in hand, indeed they are “the firstfruits” of the Spirit of…
Fourth Sunday after Trinity June 24, 2018 “The Glory to be Revealed in Us” Romans 8:18-23 Click here to…
Part III, Article III. Of Repentance. 1] This office [of the Law] the New Testament retains and urges, as St. Paul, Rom. 1:18…
Trinity Three Sermon June 17, 2018 “Father’s Day” Luke 15:11-32 CLICK this link to listen to audio of this…
This is how and where God the Son “receives sinners and eats with them”—He pours out God the Holy Spirit in the ministry…
It is politically incorrect in our time for me to say with any certainty that the man is the head of the house….
Why doesn’t everybody go to heaven? As Jesus illustrates in the story He tells in today’s Gospel lesson, people feel they have better,…
One great improvement which came with Lutheran Service Book was the inclusion of the Table of Duties from Luther’s Small Catechism, which you…
Part III, Article II. Of the Law 1] Here we hold that the Law was given by God, first, to restrain sin by…
The Second Sunday after Trinity June 5, 2016 “The Supper and Other Things” Luke 14:16-24 Click here to listen…
The election for Synod President has concluded and we have the results. Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison is re-elected. He will be having his…
The reward of the kingdom of heaven is a matter of God having mercy to comfort those who receive it through faith according…
THE THIRD PART OF THE ARTICLES. Concerning the following articles we may [will be able to] treat with learned and reasonable men, or…
First Sunday after Trinity June 3, 2018 “Love and Fear” 1 John 4:16-21 Click here to listen to audio…
Part II, Article IV: Of the Papacy. 1] That the Pope is not, according to divine law or according to the Word of…
Concordia Portland has its loud and proud Gender and Sexuality Resource Center: The vision of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC) is…
In answer to Nicodemus’s query about God and being born again into His kingdom, Jesus reveals the persons, work, and relationship of the…