A Circuit Meeting Taught Me Again the Importance of the Liturgy
Before our circuit meetings, the pastors come together for the Divine Service. In a recent meeting, a retired pastor was the preacher. …
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Great Stuff — Giving thanks for care and growth of career missionaries
Great stuff found over on WMLTblog: Dear Fellow Redeemed in Christ! “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.” (Ps. 107:1)…
Why do I use the liturgy?
Guest article by Pastor Bruce Timm It’s a fair and common question for which I should have an answer (and I do.) …
Why the McDonald’s Bathroom Isn’t as Holy as the Divine Service
Prolegomena: This is the sixth and what will likely be the final chapter of the recent discussion on praise bands between Pr. Reeder…
Does Your Pastor Dress as a Shepherd or a Sheep?
Work clothes and uniforms are signs or markers which speak of the vocation wherein we serve our neighbor. In a most delightful way…
Why Christians Make the Sign of the Holy Cross (and a word on genuflection)
In The Small Catechism, Martin Luther encouraged Christians to retain the practice of making the sign of the cross. The Missouri Synod, following Luther’s…
LCA Issues Open Letter to LCMS Officials to Oppose False Teaching or Resign
The Lutheran Concerns Association has issued an “Open Letter to The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod,” in its newsletter, The Lutheran Clarion, vol. 7, no….
Letter to Pastors – First Sunday in Lent
Found over on LCMS.org: The First Sunday in Lent, A.D. 2015 Dearest Brothers in the Office: I greet you in the name…
Helps for the Reading Lutheran Layperson
A good friend suffered a heart attack. His doctor prescribed a treadmill to strengthen his heart and taught him about healthy diet. One…
Katie Luther Sisters — The Lutheran Working Mother
Found over on our new sister website, Katie Luther Sisters. I always imagined that I would be a stay at home mom….
Day One Wrap Up and Hopes for Day Two
Well day one of the 2015 BJS Conference has ended. It was a good day. It is a first in the LCMS to…
When Assurance Isn’t Reassuring
Here’s the latest statement from the LCMS Council of Presidents (pasted below), released on the Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog. While I am…
The Southern Illinois District Speaks on Dr. Becker
The Southern Illinois District in convention adopted the following resolution 79-17. Note that page and line numbers have been removed; the original with…
A New Sister Site – Sisters of Katie Luther
There are going to be some new things happening during the 2015 Conference. You have seen the NEW site for BJS, now see…
Synodical Defection from Scripture
The case of Dr. Matthew L. Becker illustrates defection from Scripture by the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. This defection is not by…
Daystar — An Open Letter to District President Linnemann
Found over on theDayStarJournal this morning: We wish to commend you for following the Synod’s Constitution, Bylaws, and standard operating procedures in…
To Publicly Call Rev. Dr. Matthew Becker to Repentance
This resolution was drafted by Rev. Joseph Fisher for the South Wisconsin District Convention. (originally posted in facebook group We Support LCMS President…
Spiritual Daycare: Why Youth Pastors Shouldn’t Exist
Let’s get right to it… Do we really need youth pastors? Are they necessary? Are they truly helpful? These are rather taboo questions in…
Here we Stand
Yesterday, Reverend President Dr. Matthew Harrison posted a fantastic response to the inability of a panel of judges to carry out the charges…
Thank you President Harrison.
“When a public teacher on the roster of Synod can without consequence publicly advocate the ordination of women (even participate vested in the…
“Repent, Believe, and Follow” (Sermon on Mark 1:14-20, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“Repent, Believe, and Follow” (Mark 1:14-20) In the early chapters of the gospels, we track Jesus’ early ministry, as he goes about Galilee,…
Sermon — Pr. Tony Sikora — You Need a Nap
Maybe you’ve seen the latest video trending on youtube. It’s a video of two young children; a “goldilocks” about 2 years old, and her older blue eyed brother. They’re sitting at the dinner table and little sister is crying. Oh, she’s crying like 2 year olds do when they need a nap. She’s crying and she doesn’t know why.
5:2 Trying Even Harder To Be Non-Biblical and Non-Lutheran
I have written a few articles on a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod movement called FiveTwo. This movement is anti-Scriptural at its base, though the…
ACELC — Unbiblical Removal of Pastors, and the Church
This is the latest ACELC email blast. Visit the ACELC website to sign up for the emails if you don’t already receive them….
Historic Liturgy: Affirmations Prompted by Putdowns
Recently two friends went out of their way at the same school event to issue putdowns towards liturgical worship in the Lutheran church….