2016 Steadfast Conference Recap – Texans show some great hospitality and Lutherans confess great theology
Today marked the last day of the 2016 Steadfast Lutherans Conference. This year was a marked difference than previous years. Instead of…
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Thank you for supporting Candidates (CRM)
In a previous post, I passed along a request to provide some funds to help pastors without calls celebrate Christmas. That effort was…
Statement Clarifying the Position of Concordia University, St. Paul from its President
Recently the secular media has been picking up a story coming out of Concordia University, St. Paul. It had quoted President Ries in…
Supporting Pastors in Need at Christmas
We have often reported of the horrid conditions that many men find themselves in on Candidate status. Here is an opportunity for anyone…
Being “Spiritually Fed”: by Thought, Feeling, or by Faith?
19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us,…
Vicar Overture for 2016 Convention
This came to my attention the other day. It is a good overture to try to restore faithfulness to our Lutheran Confessions in…
Free for theology folks who know Latin — Martin Chemnitz’s works!
Lutheran Heritage Foundation is offering a free hardcover copy of selected works of Martin Chemnitz in Latin. They do ask that you donate…
Jesus speaks against the Heavenly Vision Profit Industry.
in the past few years we have seen “Heaven is for Real” become a best-selling book and movie. In fact the movie sold…
The LCMS has a new 6th Vice President!
News came out today from the LCMS administration that the Rev. Dr. Robert Kuhn resigned as the Sixth Vice President (East-Southeast Region) of the…
District President May does the right thing and confesses the faith rather than going “interfaith”.
From the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: This quote describes the event: A responsive reading of a prayer for the Earth from Pope Francis’…
Being a Man in the Church
I presented on this topic for the 3rd annual Wyoming District Men’s Retreat this past weekend. What follows are my thoughts which I…
Supporting Lutheran Missionaries – the Network Model
The LCMS has been sending more and more missionaries throughout the world. It is sometimes thought of that the massive LCMS budget covers…
Prayers Requested — For President Harrison and his family at the loss of their home to fire.
From the LCMS facebook page: The Ballwin, Mo., home of Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew and Kathy Harrison suffered an accidental house fire…
Secular Media Covers Becker – no surprise on their take
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, hardly known for its love of conservatives in the LCMS has published an “article” (read: opinion piece) on the…
Concordia University Plan for the Future? A consolidated Concordia?
What I mention in this article is my opinion and thinking out loud. It was prompted by the Synod President’s comments after the…
The Call Process Primer
Calling a new pastor is a great and glorious occasion. It can however be a hard time as well. Your congregation is going…
District Conventions Updates…. Post them here
District Conventions have begun and are currently at a frenzy. Feel free to give news in the comments of interesting resolutions, speakers, and…
BJS Update – a new Associate Editor and more….
It has taken a little while to get things in order since taking over the organization and the blog, but things are beginning…
Support Needed for Zion Lutheran in Delmont, South Dakota
A tornado swept through Delmont, SD yesterday and destroyed the church building of Zion Lutheran Church. I know Pastor Brian Bucklew, the pastor…
Repost: Sinful Removal of Pastors — Let me count the ways…
Editors note: This is always timely but is being reposted because several examples of this horrid, shameful, and unchristian behavior have come to…
Those are some awfully big shoes… Thanks to Pastor Rossow for being a confessor of the faith.
Yesterday Pr. Rossow told the news of my promotion here at BJS. There will be much more to come on that in the…
The Original Synod’s view on worship…
From: http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/lcmsconstitution.pdf The original constitution of the LCMS put it this way when considering uniformity of worship within the Synod: 14. Synod holds in…
A Reminder on the BJS Comment Policy
Dear all, As we work out the kinks of the new site (thank you Norm), I write this to remind you of our…
2015 Conference Wrap Up — dealing with heterodoxy at home
I am finally back home and can write this up – The conference ended on Saturday after a great set of presentations. During…
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…