Single Mom’s Comment on the Church Coffee Shop Debate Speaks Volumes, by Pr. Rossow
A single mom named Michelle put the following quote on the church coffee shop debate post from a couple of weeks ago. It…
A single mom named Michelle put the following quote on the church coffee shop debate post from a couple of weeks ago. It…
Registration for the annual BJS conference closes tomorrow night. The conference is being held in Naperville, Illinois this Friday and Saturday and features Revs. Fisk,…
Over on the post about the end of the “missional mindset” BJS reader James defends the promulgation of small groups. People are really confused…
Registration will close Tuesday night for this years Brothers of John the Steadfast Conference which will give us time to stomp the grapes for the…
About once a month we get a reader dropping a post onto one of our No Pietists Allowed blogs. This afternoon a pastor…
The Brothers of John the Steadfast (BJS) started a few years ago with Klemet Preus on our blog roll and now we are pleased to…
In case you are one of the 13 people who hasn’t seen it yet I thought I would encourage you to view one…
There was a critical exchange at the Ft. Wayne Symposia yesterday afternoon. After President Larry Rast’s presentation on the theological formation of pastors…
Two of the Three BJS Speakers Spoke at the Ft. Wayne Symposia! Pictured here are Rev. Jonathan Fisk and Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller. They…
There are many confessional Lutherans and other confessional Christians who are not near authentically liturgical and doctrinal churches. There is a plethora of…
It’s been a rough twelve months for Pastor David Kind. Hopefully the camaraderie of the Brothers of John the Steadfast at our annual…
You can’t spit in my neck of the woods without hitting a Methobapticostal church with a coffee shop in its lobby. These coffee…
My mother is in town for Christmas and I got to hear her retell a story about standing up for Confessional doctrine. It…
I am convinced that the church growth movement is harmful for the church. Some of you may ask “What is the church growth…
Save the dates and look for registration information soon for our annual conference. As usual it will be the second full weekend of…
In this Fall’s edition of “Concordia Seminary,” the magazine of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, it is reported that the professors remind the students…
It looks like we will be live streaming Pastor Jonathan Fisk’s installation service on Sunday. It will be the Divine Service with Pastor…
Pastor Tony Sikora from Hope Lutheran Church in DeWitt, Michigan is one of my favorite preachers. I am on a list of folks…
A post I wrote over a year ago still gets an occasional comment. It was about an openly homosexual man who was at the…
I will need to watch my step from now on because the Worldview Everlasting samurai swords will be hanging on a study wall…
I read a poll this morning that says that only 35% of Americans think Barack Obama will be re-elected. Contrast that with a vote…
Does anyone deny that there is a conflict in the Minnesota South District over the dispensation of the University Lutheran Chapel property? In…
We thank BJS reader John Frahm for alerting us to the attached television news story on the Minnesota South District of the LCMS’…
The Minnesota South Board of Directors has voted to sell the University Lutheran Chapel sanctuary and property. They have done this without going…
What price do you put on the Gospel? Apparently the price is three million dollars. We have just learned that the Minnesota South District…