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I am a post-Evangelical adult convert to confessional Lutheranism, something I’m content to wear on my sleeve. My journey out of Evangelicalism was…
I am a post-Evangelical adult convert to confessional Lutheranism, something I’m content to wear on my sleeve. My journey out of Evangelicalism was…
Originally, the Augsburg Confession was not the core of catholic (universal) doctrine which we possess today. The original plan, named the Torgau articles,…
Editors Note – I received this small snippet from a friend – The volume (Walther’s Pastoral Theology) it belongs to is coming out…
Dear Readers, With a modestly successful string of slubberish and solecistic posts, scrawling for BJS since its start in 2008, it’s time for…
Lutherans in Africa (LIA) has been on a steady growth rate since its founding a few years ago. Just in the last year…
“An Eternal Gospel to Reclaim and Proclaim” (Revelation 14:6-7; Romans 3:19-28) It was 499 years ago tomorrow, on October 31, 1517, that Martin…
Editor’s Note: I have asked the debate participants to provide some final thoughts about their debate experience. Below is what Dr. Montgomery provided….
I would like to give some thoughts concerning what we often refer to as the simul, short for simul iustus et peccator, “at…
St. Paul makes the distinction between justification before men and justification before God in Romans chapter 4. He says that Abraham had reason…
Dr. Martin Luther of blessed and holy memory writes in his Galatians lectures saying, “The call, therefore, is not to be despised. For…
Not long ago in a discussion in an online Lutheran group, one father did a manly thing. He admitted he was scared in…
General comments The “Central Thought” could be helpful but the questions involved in this section turns the focus on the student’s experience of…
Jesus is on the move. He has been ever since His descent from the Mount of Transfiguration. He’s heading south, making His way to Jerusalem. The bridegroom is coming. This is His advent. He is flanked by His attendants, friends of the bridegroom who delight in His voice, while He cries out to the highways and byways, to the crowds and multitudes, the scribes and Pharisees, to Jew and Gentile, sinner and tax collector in order to fill the wedding hall. Thus our Savior’s steps are marked by love and the desire for your salvation. So your God is on the move to redeem the world from sin, death, devil and hell.
October 2, 2016 – Proper 22 Sermon Text — Luke 17:1-10 Sermon Audio — https://steadfastlutherans.org/clips/sikora/Dr._Sikora,_10-2-16,__Scandal_.m4a Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you…
“Jesus Receives, Rejoices over, and Restores Sinners” (Luke 15:1-10; 1 Timothy 1:5-17) Jesus receives sinners. Do you qualify? If so, great, I’ve got…
God’s Children are His baptized children. Israel was baptized in the Red Sea, you were baptized in water and the word. God’s children are His baptized children. As His baptized children the Lord sets before you life and death, good and evil, not to tempt you – for the Lord tempts no one but to teach you that there is always a way from God and in the end that way leads to eternal death. Jesus is the only way to God and wherever Jesus goes there is life and there is all good. In the waters of Baptism is life because Jesus is in the waters of baptism. All is good in Jairus’ home because Jesus comes to Jairus’ home. There is life and there is all good in this place not because we are here, but because Jesus is here with His life-giving gifts.
While the world was celebrating the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling to legalize gay marriage, conservative Christian blogs everywhere were filled with obituaries. And…
Whenever I hear someone say, “don’t worry” I start to worry. Maybe I wasn’t worried to begin with but now that someone said it out loud I worry that maybe I should be worried about something, maybe there’s something I don’t know, something I should know. Maybe there’s something I did or didn’t do or something I should or shouldn’t do. In our text this morning (evening) Jesus says, “do not worry.” Some translations have the word “anxious” instead of worry but you get the point. Jesus is identifying something that’s going on in our heart and mind that we might not be paying attention to. He’s is placing His Word on a sore spot. By saying it out loud He not only brings it to our attention but then sets out to remedy it.
Luther’s Small Catechism is a prayer book. It is “a spiritual companion on a man’s journey from cradle to grave; the Christian’s daily…
At the recent LCMS convention, a recurring topic was the decline of the church. President Harrison had written about it in his report….
Great post by Pastor Lincoln Winter over on his blog Predigtamt (Musings of a Country Pastor): This will be my last blog…
Sermon Text: Luke 10:1-20 [7th Sunday after Pentecost] In our Gospel lesson this morning, we see Jesus appointing the “seventy-two.” These men, who…
The Breastless Ones Until less than a century ago, all of humanity was nursed at the breast. The 20th Century brought with it…
The gospel of our God is on the move. It is mobile, going from place to place, village to village, house to house, home to heart. Wherever Jesus goes there goes God’s Son, there goes God’s gospel. He is the good news made flesh, “the radiance of the glory of God, the exact imprint of His nature and he upholds the universe by the Word of His power.” (Hebrews 1:3) With each step Jesus tramples underfoot the enemies of humanity; sin, death and devil. …
Adam fell down on his vocation as catechist of Eve. Ever since, husbands have had the tendency to default on their calling to…