WELS President Comments on NIV 2011 and New Translation
As one reads BJS lately, you may get the impression that this is an in-house LCMS production. We may not be posting as…
Pastor Shawn Stafford
As one reads BJS lately, you may get the impression that this is an in-house LCMS production. We may not be posting as…
What a joyous, happy event a birthday is! When a child is born, the family rejoices. A birthday is something to remembered in…
So we can see there is an anti-God bias affected the way academics and popular writers from that time to today portray Christmas,…
The horrors committed by Kermit Gosnell have been largely ignored by mainstream media, but his killings of children are only a small portion…
We have 10 children. And so we have collected lots (way lots) of Bible story books. Most were given to us or the…
Second Part: Attacks On The Name and Traditions There are three main things people attack about this Holy Day: They claim that it…
Easter is the English/Germanic name for the Festival of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. This particular Feast Day is the heart and center…
When the movie, “The Passion of the Christ” premiered, TV news showed people leaving the theatre either crying or in stunned silence. Those…
Annunciation (March 25th) is the day that the Church celebrates when the angel Gabriel came to announce to Mary that God conceived His…
This is published with the explicit warning to the reader that the article is sarcasm. If the reader does not understand what sarcasm…
Researching one’s family history can turn up surprises. A couple years ago, a distant cousin of mine researched our family line using a…
A child’s first word is usually “mama” or “dada.” For my son, his first word was “Thank you.” While he pronounced it “Tay-due,”…
Matthew 22:15-22. 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. 16 And they sent to Him…
What is justification? For Lutherans, the central teaching of the Bible is justification by faith apart from the works of the law. The…
During its annual convention in June 2012, the ELS resolved that “our members be alerted to this recent challenge” to the Biblical teaching…
A recent edition of Rock Center with Brian Williams featured hilarious selections from the book, “P.S. I Hate It Here!: Kids’ Letters from…
What is decision theology? Decision theology is the teaching that a person is saved and born-again when he makes a decision to accept…
On Sunday, June 17, the 95th annual convention of the ELS began in traditional fashion, with an afternoon Synod Sunday service, following the…
The 95th annual convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) is fast upon us. It will begin with “Synod Sunday” services and a…
There was a time in the not so distant past when one could step into any Lutheran church in the United States…
Training in God’s Word begins at home. With this in mind, Luther wrote this heading before each part of the Catechism, “In the…
What comes to mind when you hear the word “catechism?” You might think of a book of question and answers, a textbook…
Many of us may remember growing up in a congregation where Holy Communion was offered once per month. Where communion is offered more…
Gegraptai, “it is written.” This was the motto found on the seal of the old Norwegian Synod. It has served as the byline…
It is an honor to be asked to add the occasional ELS perspective to the Steadfast Lutherans. The ELS is the little “sister…