What Do You Commemorate on June 25, the Death of Michael Jackson? By Donna Linnemeyer
(Editor’s Note: Donna’s posts are archived on the Regular Columns page under the title “Confessions of a Confessional Church Administrator.” Donna is the…
Kieschnick: I guess we are divided, after all
Last year, President Kieschnick claimed that the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod wasn’t divided. Not at all. We were more unified than we’d…
Update on Fan Into Flame
In his June letter to pastors, President Kieschnick says that the Ablaze!(TM) fundraising campaign has brought in $48.1 million in pledges and gifts….
Things that make you go hmmm
So the new Anglican Church in North America launched this week and heard addresses from Southern Baptist megachurch guru Rick Warren and Orthodox…
Luther on diapers
I was writing a column about vocation the other day and came across this amazing quote from Luther in his Estate of Marriage:…
Children in Church, by Kari Anderson for the CLCC
(The Confessional Lutherans for Christ’s Commission are one of the many confessional groups that post regularly on the BJS site. Their posts are…
The Sleeping Giant, A Cartoon and Comment by Pr. Scott Blazek Introducing a Special Issue of the Steadfast Quarterly
(Editor’s Note: We know Pastor Blazek for his cartoons but he is also a fine theologian. He wrote the following article to go…
June 25th – The Presentation of the Augsburg Confession and The Brothers of John the Steadfast One Year Anniversary
Today is the anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession to the Holy Roman Emporer Charles V in 1530. It was fitting…
Report on the Northwest District Convention, Part 1, by Scott Diekmann
(Scott’s other posts are archived on the Regular Columns page of the website under the title “Apologetics – Aply Liberally to the Affected…
Harold Hill Comes to the Show-Me State: Convention Review, Part Two (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
In Part One, “MoDist Gains,” I reviewed the elections and resolutions that took place at the Missouri District Convention last week. Now in…
Laborers for Christ in the news
Considering how large our church body is, we rarely get any media coverage. Usually this is a blessing since many of the members…
Lutheran Guests from Confessional Lutheran Synods ““ not in Fellowship with the LCMS on Issues, Etc: WELS President Pr. Mark Schroeder and ELS Pr. David Jay Weber, by Jon Townsend
We at BJS have created a column where we hope to review programs from Issues, Etc. Our goal in doing this is to…
The BRTFSG Takes Another Serious Hit from a District Convention – Summary from Rocky Mt. District
President Kieschnick’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Structure and Governance has taken another beating from an LCMS district convention, this time the Rocky…
MoDist Gains: Convention Review, Part One (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
Last week the Missouri District held its convention, and, I am happy to report, it went even better than expected! In terms of…
A Great Luther Hymn that Sings A Different Tune in Response to the LCMS’s Dance with Emergent and Church Growth Principles
(Editor’s Note: This comment was written by O. Young on the Alley Manifesto post and is too good to keep on the comments…
Good Report from the Ohio District Convention
(Editor’s Note: We thank Darrell Wacker for this update from the Ohio District convention. If you have any further comments on the Ohio…
Review of the Alley’s Manifesto Pt. II ““ A Telling Testimony from Steve G. On Why He Quit Small Groups, by Pr. Rossow
The other day I posted a comparison of Walther’s six duties of the church with The Alley’s Manifesto written as a guide for…
Memorial Moments – Devotion of the Week by BJS
There are many devotional sources around the web that will deliver to your inbox a new short piece to help you in your…
Who Says Conservative Confessionals Can’t Give Testimonies?
(From the Editor: This comment was posted on my article on The Alley’s Manifesto and I thought it was worth a wider readership….
Go west, young man
With the decline of the St. Louis Seminary’s financial situation, Uwe Siemon-Netto and his Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life are moving…
It’s About A Lot More Than Hymnals ““ Comparing The Alley’s Manifesto with Walther’s Six Duties of the Church, by Pr. Rossow
In posts earlier this week Klemet Preus detailed how the confessionals got their lunch handed to them in defeat at the Minnesota South…
Bringing Lutheranism to . . . Wittenberg? (Mollie)
The Washington Post has an interesting story about the work the LCMS is doing to bring Lutheranism to a town overrun with atheists:…
Dentist Shortage, by Pr. James Douthwaite
I went to the dentist today. We always talk a lot, and he was telling me about a seminar he went to where…
Notes on the Liturgy #22 — Benediction
(One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to train the Brothers in good practice and theology. This article is…
What we won at the MNS district convention, by Klemet Preus
Can we really claim to have accomplished anything at a convention where we lost every vote? I believe we can. First, we actually…