Great Stuff — Reviewing the “Field Test”: Part 3, Fatal Flaws and a Prescription for Recovery
Found over on Pastor Lincoln Winter’s blog, Predigtamt.wordpress.com: In Part 1, I reviewed some of the strengths of the Revised Catechism Field…
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Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — Commandments 1-3
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: I have been asked to offer a critique of the…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — The 3rd Article of the Creed
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: THE THIRD ARTICLE (PART 1) Article and Explanation Text (top…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — The Distinction Between Law and Gospel
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism. Note that the deadline for comments on the revision is coming…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — The 1st Article of the Creed
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: This review is in no way intended to be the…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — The Office of the Keys
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: The 1912 and 1943 Small Catechism published by Concordia Publishing…
Great Stuff — Reviewing the “Field Test”: Part 2, Needs Improvement
Found over on Pastor Lincoln Winter’s blog, Predigtamt.wordpress.com: In part 1, I examined the changes that I thought were good in the…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision – Commandments 7-10.
General comments The “Central Thought” could be helpful but the questions involved in this section turns the focus on the student’s experience of…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision — Confession
Here is another guest article on the proposed revisions to the Catechism: Critical scholars doubt that Luther wrote the Office of the…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision: Baptism
The following review of the proposed Catechism explanation of Baptism includes both positive and negative critiques. I will not give them in any…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision: The Lord’s Prayer
Here is the first guest article on the proposed revision to the Catechism: Of all 6 chief parts of Luther’s Small Catechism,…
Great Stuff — “The sect can not wait.” A Catechism Commentary
Found over on Musings of a Country Pastor: At her recently concluded Pastoral Conference, the Wyoming District asked for more time. The…
Proposed Catechism Revision — Resolution to Express Concern
Resolution from the Pastors of the Eldora Circuit of Iowa District East. To Express Serious Concern with the Catechism Revision The…
Proposed Catechism Explanation Revision
The deadline is approaching to submit feedback and commentary on the proposed Catechism Explanation Revision. As the “field-test” edition of the new version…
Tuesday with Luther — Life in the Catechism
Brothers of John the Steadfast brings to your attention a program, “Tuesday with Luther”, which I’ve been producing for a while. I’m starting…
Catechism Series, part 11
In this latest installment of our “Steadfast Throwdown” Catechism Series with Pr. Joe Abrahamson, we continue discussing the Sacrament of the Altar. Pr….
Catechism Series, part 10
Pr. Joe Abrahamson continues his series on Luther’s Small Catechism on “Steadfast Throwdown.” This time we discuss the Sacrament of the Altar. What…
Study the Catechism with “Steadfast Throwdown”
Martin Luther’s Small Catechism has been called “the layman’s Bible,” chiefly because it teaches the truths of Holy Scripture in plain and simple…
Steadfast Throwdown Series on Luther’s Catechisms
Steadfast Throwdown on KNGN and Pirate Christian Radio has started a series of interviews that focus on the structure and use of Martin…
Lent Resource — The Lord’s Prayer and His Passion: Daily Readings During Lent
Every week at divine service and maybe every day at home, we pray the Lord’s Prayer, but do we realize its meaning for…
Luther’s Small Catechism Part 3 The Second Commandment
Our BJS Catechism Series continues with Part 3, the Second Commandment. This one features Pastor May from Lutherans in Africa. Pr. May does…
Luther’s Small Catechism Part 2 The First Commandment
Our BJS Catechism Series continues with Part 2, the First Commandment. Watch for these and share it with your friends, you will not…
The Small Catechism Snippets on YouTube – a New BJS Project
Great news to our readers (and watchers!). Some of our authors here at BJS are working diligently on what we are calling “The…