Today marked the last day of the 2016 Steadfast Lutherans Conference. This year was a marked difference than previous years. Instead of braving blizzards and freezing temps to hear good theology and so forth in Naperville, the conference was … Continue reading
In a previous post, I passed along a request to provide some funds to help pastors without calls celebrate Christmas. That effort was led by Pr. Ken Kelly. Pr. Kelly sent this note to any of you who helped donate. … Continue reading
Recently the secular media has been picking up a story coming out of Concordia University, St. Paul. It had quoted President Ries in a very strange way (as the media often does in relation to the church, especially in a … Continue reading
We have often reported of the horrid conditions that many men find themselves in on Candidate status. Here is an opportunity for anyone who wants to help these men at this time of the year. This effort is being headed … Continue reading
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, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 1 John 3:19-20 There is a … Continue reading
This came to my attention the other day. It is a good overture to try to restore faithfulness to our Lutheran Confessions in our use of vicars. Any member congregation can submit an overture to the LCMS Convention. For more … Continue reading
Lutheran Heritage Foundation is offering a free hardcover copy of selected works of Martin Chemnitz in Latin. They do ask that you donate to help offset shipping costs if you are able. To order, call the LHF office at (800)554-0723 … Continue reading
in the past few years we have seen “Heaven is for Real” become a best-selling book and movie. In fact the movie sold $100 million worldwide and now $37 million in DVD and other media as well. The book was … Continue reading
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 LCMS for health reasons. Please include him in your prayers. He has served the Synod very faithfully … Continue reading
From the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: This quote describes the event: A responsive reading of a prayer for the Earth from Pope Francis’ recent encyclical on the environment will highlight an interfaith gathering Aug. 30 in Fort Wayne. Miami Indian … Continue reading
I presented on this topic for the 3rd annual Wyoming District Men’s Retreat this past weekend. What follows are my thoughts which I expanded for the presentation. Sadly, the recording of this was lost due to technical errors. Being a … Continue reading
The LCMS has been sending more and more missionaries throughout the world. It is sometimes thought of that the massive LCMS budget covers this, but it does not. Instead the missionaries are a part of the process to raise the … Continue reading
From the LCMS facebook page: The Ballwin, Mo., home of Synod President Rev. Dr. Matthew and Kathy Harrison suffered an accidental house fire today, Wednesday, July 29. All thanks to God, though the damage was severe, no one was hurt. … Continue reading
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, hardly known for its love of conservatives in the LCMS has published an “article” (read: opinion piece) on the Dr. Becker suspension and derostering. Click here for their article. First off, honorable mention to our Associate … Continue reading
What I mention in this article is my opinion and thinking out loud. It was prompted by the Synod President’s comments after the same-sex marriage decision of the Supreme Court (see his interview with Issues Etc.). He stated that student … Continue reading
Calling a new pastor is a great and glorious occasion. It can however be a hard time as well. Your congregation is going through a lot of things after losing its pastor. There is grief in many situations at his … Continue reading
District Conventions have begun and are currently at a frenzy. Feel free to give news in the comments of interesting resolutions, speakers, and elections from your own district (keeping in mind the comment policy here at BJS). My own convention … Continue reading
It has taken a little while to get things in order since taking over the organization and the blog, but things are beginning to move. First and foremost for the blogs’ sake, we now have an Associate Editor to help … Continue reading
A tornado swept through Delmont, SD yesterday and destroyed the church building of Zion Lutheran Church. I know Pastor Brian Bucklew, the pastor there well (from seminary days and after, I had the honor of preaching at his ordination) who … Continue reading
Editors note: This is always timely but is being reposted because several examples of this horrid, shameful, and unchristian behavior have come to my attention. If you or your congregation are considering taking that “vote” to remove a pastor (or … Continue reading
Yesterday Pr. Rossow told the news of my promotion here at BJS. There will be much more to come on that in the coming weeks, including some new projects currently underway and some other tweaks to the site. First though … Continue reading
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 accordance with the 7th article of the Augsburg Confession that uniformity in ceremonies is not essential; yet … Continue reading
Dear all, As we work out the kinks of the new site (thank you Norm), I write this to remind you of our comment policy. The system used for moderation in the previous site has not been working properly, so … Continue reading
I am finally back home and can write this up – The conference ended on Saturday after a great set of presentations. During the morning we received a great presentation on Doctrine AND Practice by Rev. Larry Beane, who did … Continue reading
Well day one of the 2015 BJS Conference has ended. It was a good day. It is a first in the LCMS to have a conference which openly wants to discuss the topic of heterodoxy and how it is best … Continue reading