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Hymns for the Book of Concord

The Book of Concord is a wonderful devotional book as well as being the formal confession of faith for the Lutheran Church. To…

Posted On 8 Aug 201725 Aug 2018

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…

Posted On 19 Aug 201531 Oct 2016

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…

Posted On 17 Jul 201531 Oct 2016

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…

Posted On 8 Jun 201524 Mar 2018

Why Christians Make the Sign of the Holy Cross (and a word on genuflection)

In The Small Catechism, Martin Luther encouraged Christians to retain the practice of making the sign of the cross. The Missouri Synod, following Luther’s…

Posted On 10 Mar 201519 May 2015

Light from Light — Pictures from the 2015 BJS Conference

Thanks to BJS reader Rick Techlin for posting this pictoral review of the BJS conference on his blog, Light from Light:   The…

Posted On 2 Mar 20155 Mar 2015

Best Practices for “Ministry”? Report from Rev. Brian Flamme

The “Best Practices for Ministry” description is brief on the convention website. “A FREE conference encouraging pastors, church workers and lay people as…

Posted On 2 Mar 20155 Mar 2015

Video Presentations from BJS 2015 Conference

We are pleased to announce the videos are now available from the recent Brothers of John the Steadfast 2015 Conference held at Bethany…

Posted On 1 Mar 20153 Mar 2015

Anonymous Complaints and their fruit…

Complaints are a part of life in a fallen world.  Add to that a culture of personal opinions and tastes, and complaint can…

Posted On 11 Feb 201531 Oct 2016

Distinguishing Between Doctrine and Life

This is a re-post from October 2014 that reflects Luther’s teaching on how to deal with false doctrine and its teachers.   “Doctrine…

Posted On 27 Jan 201514 May 2015

What to do in the congregation concerning the LCMS?

So with the news of the LCMS inability to deal with one of its most flagrant dissenters since the 1970s, it is sure…

Posted On 23 Jan 201531 Oct 2016

Communion Every Sunday: Surprise, Surprise

The reasons for Communion every Sunday are surprising. The reasons Lutheran churches fell away from this practice also are surprising. Pr Klemet Preus,…

Posted On 8 Jan 201512 Apr 2015

Christ Myth Theory: Horus? Born of a Virgin? Not!

One of the many points falsely claimed in Christ Myth Theory about the supposed dependence of Christ upon the legends of Egypt is…

Posted On 23 Dec 201414 Feb 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Christmas and Saturnalia

Did Christianity Steal the Date of Pagan Winter Solstice Celebrations? The Roman celebration discussed in this article is the multi-day festival of Saturnalia….

Posted On 22 Dec 201414 Feb 2015

Christ Myth Theory [Jesus is a copy-cat]

This particular claim toward pagan sources for Christianity and Christian Holy Days goes under various names: Jesus Myth Theory, Jesus Mythicism, Mythicism, Copy-cat…

Posted On 16 Dec 201414 Feb 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: All Hallows’ Eve in the Mediaeval Church and the Reformation

On All Hallows’ Eve 1517 a monk named Martin Luther posted a list of points for discussion and debate at the University of…

Posted On 31 Oct 201414 Feb 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: All Saints’ Day/Eve and Samhain

All Saints’ Eve, All Saints’ Day: Origins and Samhain-ization Today it seems that everyone knows that Halloween is originally a Celtic pagan holy…

Posted On 30 Oct 201414 Feb 2015

God, my loving Savior sends them…

Often the topic of how God governs all things comes up in parish life during suffering and struggles.  Questions will arise about God…

Posted On 22 Jul 201431 Oct 2016

The Challenges of Church Growth and Decline

When my wife Karla and I were first married, over twenty years ago, I invited her to join me for the banquet at…

Posted On 5 Jun 201414 Feb 2015

Sinful Removal of Pastors — Let me count the ways…

If you or your congregation are considering taking that “vote” to remove a pastor (or using such a vote to coerce his resignation),…

Posted On 7 May 201421 Apr 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies-Easter 2

This is a reposting of a pair of articles published last year on the origins of Easter and some Easter traditions. The sources…

Posted On 14 Apr 201414 Feb 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies-Easter 1

This is a reposting of a pair of articles published last year on the origins of Easter and some Easter traditions. The sources…

Posted On 10 Apr 201416 Jun 2015

Why Biblical Inerrancy is Important — and Always Will Be

Forty years ago, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (hereafter LCMS) was in an uproar. Its Saint Louis seminary president, John Tietjen, was suspended in…

Posted On 18 Mar 201414 Feb 2015

Some Clarifications in Articulating Objective Justification

First, Objective Justification and Subjective Justification are not two different justifications, but rather two parts of the act of Justification.   My brother…

Posted On 11 Mar 201414 Feb 2015

A Statement on Justification from the ACLC

A while back, the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America adopted a statement on the doctrine of justification that decisively rejected the teaching…

Posted On 14 Feb 201414 Feb 2015

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