Steadfast On Campus — A Common Order
I couldn’t help but follow the discussion on BJS concerning the topic of worship wars titled “Every Sunday Pro-Choice Sunday?” (Who cares that…
Category: zzz homepage DO NOT USE
Was homepage
An open letter to the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod Concerning Campus Ministry
The following is “An open letter to the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod Concerning Campus Ministry” written by a LCMS college student at…
Steadfast in Worship — Three Words about Worship in the Lutheran Confessions
I would like to spend a little time with three words mentioned by Pastor Martin Noland in his response (comment #32) to my…
Forty Days and Nineveh shall be overthrown!
Far from putting ULC in the place of Nineveh, this post is about the fact that ULC-Minneapolis has forty days left before they…
Witness, Mercy, Life Together — District Convention Representation
Found on Witness, Mercy, Life Together blog: With three district conventions down and 32 to go, delegate representation is a subject of considerable…
Sermon — Rev. Tony Sikora — Men Love Darkness But God Loves Men (and Women and Children too!)
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. AMEN! Our text for this…
Theological Cataracts and Cholesterol
This is an article written by Pastor Karl Weber, author of our posts on Reliability of Scripture, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. If…
Seeking Sanctuary and Finding None…
One of those old words used for a church building was “sanctuary”. This word means “sacred place” and has also been noted as…
Steadfast in the City — City Hall Opposition: A Response
While hanging rafters in a Chicago suburb seven years ago, I decided I would go to seminary to be a pastor in the…
Steadfast WELS — New Bible Translation or Bust – or Both
It was almost a year ago when the Brothers of John the Steadfast alerted their readers to some of the controversy surrounding the…
Seminex and the Sovereignty of Scripture
Forty years ago, in September 1972, the “sleeping giant” of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod “blew its volcanic top.” “Tremors, rumblings, and vents of…
“Oh, for God’s Sake, Don’t Argue!”
This posting is a reflection on a portion of C. S. Lewis’ first Screwtape letter. (The John Cleese reading of this letter is…
Excellence in Lutheran Education
In the comments section of Pastor Rossow’s recent post about President Harrison’s taking questions directly from the microphones at a district convention, Pastor…
Steadfast LCMS — Lutheran by conviction.
Several years ago, on a mission trip to Haiti, I had an opportunity to spend some extra time with the now sainted Rev….
Steadfast ELS — It is written.
Gegraptai, “it is written.” This was the motto found on the seal of the old Norwegian Synod. It has served as the byline…
Sermon — Rev. Tony Sikora — Who Needs Idols When the Lord Gives Jesus?
Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. AMEN! Our text for this morning’s…
President Harrison Takes Questions Directly from the Delegates and Builds Trust, by Pr. Rossow
It has been three district conventions cycles since delegates got to ask questions of the synod president without his handlers working them over,…
Harrison Teaches and Wows Delegates at NID Convention, by Pr. Rossow
President Matthew Harrison taught and wowed the delegates at the Northern Illinois District (NID) convention Friday afternoon. He started his presentation with an…
Every Sunday Pro-Choice Sunday?
Rev. Paul McCain has a very good posting on the topic of “worship wars”: The High Church Danger to the Lutheran Church-A Fraternal…
Great Stuff Found on the Web — Introduction to Theology
A new blog from Pastor Brian Kachelmeier, a frequent guest on Table Talk Radio, is found at RedeemerTheologicalAcademy.org. He is Pastor of Redeemer…
Great Stuff Found on the Web — Resurrecting A Crucifix
Found on Rev. Anthony R. Voltattorni‘s blog, We are All Beggers. Sometime after the inception of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Standish MI, in…
“Lutheran” finds new adjective use — what are your thoughts?
Alright, we are all used to hearing and seeing “Lutheran” used as a noun. We are even used to seeing it as an…
Bowing, Genuflecting, A Little Green Hill Far Away and Other Liturgical Miscellany, by Pr. Rossow
I categorize the following as the semi-rational musings of a once pietist (childhood), once contemporary worship practitioner (first call) current devotee of traditional,…
Steadfast Dads — The First Duty of a Dad
I would like to thank Pastor Scheer for this opportunity to contribute to Steadfast Lutherans. The topic of Christian fatherhood is always a…
Steadfast Moms — God’s Word among the tasks of the household.
God’s Word is our great heritage, And shall be ours forever; To spread its light from age to age Shall be our chief…