Is the Sermon on the Mt. Law or Gospel? I Say Law. by Pr. Rossow
I ask for your patience and understanding for the lack of posts in the last few days. There as been a confluence of…
I ask for your patience and understanding for the lack of posts in the last few days. There as been a confluence of…
An LCMS mission church in Norfolk, Virginia is replacing its church service with small groups. I will give the details below but first…
On Sunday I introduced small groups at the parish I serve, well, sort of. We had some fun in Bible class. I have spent…
As reported last week, the President of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, The Rev. Dr. Dale Meyer, invited me to the seminary this week…
Reformation is a great day for men. It is a festival for men to exhale with all the breath in their lungs the…
Rev. Dr. Nathan Jastram, chair of the theology department at Concordia University, Wisconsin submitted the following comment on yesterday’s post about concerns at…
We have documented several concerns about our Concordias here on the Brothers of John the Steadfast website, including faculty at Concordia – Chicago…
It’s good to have a little fun once in a while here at the ultra-serious Brothers of John the Steadfast blogsite. In this…
The meeting I spoke of last week as been arranged. I will be travelling to St. Louis next week to meet with President Meyer…
Dr. Dale Meyer, president of Concordia Seminary St. Louis, has graciously invited me to the campus to learn more about the spiritual formation…
A few weeks ago we reported that Concordia Portland had started a Gay-Straight Alliance Club. We have now received the following statement from Concordia about…
What seems like just yesterday, although it has actually been nearly 25 years now, I sat at the feet of scholars that many…
I continue to be shocked and saddened that the institution that taught me to flee from the tactics and practices of Pietism is…
BJS readers and commenters make sure that we don’t take ourselves too seriously. In case you missed it there was a string of…
Concordia Seminary may be dropping chapel services in favor of “small group ministry” but here at Bethany Lutheran Church and School we are…
If nothing else, these are very interesting days in the Church. Here is one of those stories of interest. One of our school…
On Saturday October 23 at 9 AM there will be a joint meeting of two Chicago suburban chapters of The Brothers of John…
The Minnesota North Confessional Lutherans are holding what promises to be an interesting conference. They have invited three speakers, including your BJS editor,…
This evening at our Saturday evening service I looked around the sanctuary and two different times, once during the offertory and once during…
In my opinion the report I heard from my bishop, Dan Gilbert, at the Northern Illinois District (NID) South Region Pastors Conference, suggests…
The following post will appear in the Concordia Seminary – St. Louis announcements tomorrow. Small Groups TODAY!!! Tuesday, September 28, there will be…
Every so often one gets a little gift in life and the liturgy that makes you smile. I had just such a gift…
Editor’s Note: The following is from an e-mail from Reclaim News. For more information you can go to: https://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReclaimNews/. LCMS Tells Court It…
A little mouse up Milwaukee way alerted me to some wonderful essays on worship and outreach that were presented at a recent symposium…
Sorry for the long and awkward headline. The only journalism class I had was in eighth grade. I wrote the headline that way to…