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Category: Steadfast in the OT

Pastor Eric Andersen

From Creation to Jacob: Communicating the Promise

What does the Bible say about how people who lived after the Flood could know about the Creation and Fall of Adam? Well,…

Posted On 28 Jun 201628 Jun 2016

A Bible Study Every MegaChurch Pastor Will Hate

Do you love uplifting praise music that focuses all on your feelings and not on the Gospel at all? Do you like it when…

Posted On 26 May 201525 May 2015

LadyLike: A Book Every Man Should Read

LadyLike: Living Biblically is an outstanding collection of forty-four short essays which provide an unapologetically biblical perspective on matters significant to life in family,…

Posted On 22 May 201522 May 2015

The Cost of Becoming a Pastor

I absolutely love being a pastor. There isn’t a single thing I would change about what I do—not even the meetings (which often…

Posted On 11 May 201519 May 2015

Prayer Is Not Always a Good Thing

One of the most frequently abused gifts of God among Christians today is prayer. For some reason we’ve gotten this notion that prayer is…

Posted On 1 May 201527 May 2015

Tolerance: Narcissism in Disguise

We live in a highly individualistic age, an age which fancies itself tolerant. The sad description of Israel under the Judges could equally…

Posted On 24 Apr 201519 May 2015

Why I Left the Roman Catholic Church

I was raised Roman Catholic. Now I’m a Lutheran pastor. But I didn’t just leave the Roman Catholic Church because I happened to…

Posted On 15 Apr 201519 May 2015

When Shadows Are Better than Reality: A Devotion for Easter Tuesday on Exodus 15 & 16

“For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come…” (Hebrews 10:1) Who would settle for looking at a…

Posted On 7 Apr 201519 May 2015

Introducing… The Church Growth Translation of the Bible!

Do you want to grow your congregation? It’s simple! Just follow these two easy steps. 1) Read the Bible. 2) Do the exact opposite….

Posted On 1 Apr 201519 May 2015

Why the McDonald’s Bathroom Isn’t as Holy as the Divine Service

Prolegomena: This is the sixth and what will likely be the final chapter of the recent discussion on praise bands between Pr. Reeder…

Posted On 26 Mar 201519 May 2015

The Most Dangerous Situation You’ll Ever Encounter: A Sermon for Wednesday of Judica on Psalm 130

Click here for a free, downloadable Bible study of Psalm 130 from Around the Word. Out | of the depths*      I cry to…

Posted On 26 Mar 201519 May 2015

Why the Praise Band & I Are Never, Ever, Ever Getting Back Together

Please note: This post is a response to Pastor Kent Reeders’ response to my post, “Why I Quit the Praise Band.” If you…

Posted On 24 Mar 201519 May 2015

Bible Studies That Don’t Ask You to Talk about Your Feelings

This Lent I began editing and co-authoring a weekly free, downloadable PDF Bible study with Pr. Bryan Wolfmueller on the Penitential Psalms (6, 32, 38,…

Posted On 23 Mar 201519 May 2015

Why I Quit the Praise Band

Quitting the praise band wasn’t easy for me. Nor did I just play in the praise band— I started it. It was my…

Posted On 20 Mar 201523 Mar 2016

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

Suffering as the Key to Evangelism

Recently I was up at the hospital providing pastoral care to one of my members. As usual, I was wearing my clerical attire, and,…

Posted On 23 Jan 201519 May 2015

False Christs and Wrong Answers: A Sermon for the Confession of St. Peter on St. Mark 8:27-35

From the very beginning of St. Mark’s Gospel, things hadn’t been going particularly well for our Lord. In chapter 1 He’s tempted by…

Posted On 17 Jan 201519 May 2015

What Happens to the Sacrament (the Reliquae) after Distribution?

It is not by accident that there is a great deal of reverence in the Divine Service associated with the celebration of the…

Posted On 13 Jan 201519 May 2015

In This Together: A Sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord on St. Matthew 3:13-17

So far this liturgical year we’ve prepared for the Lord’s coming, celebrated His Incarnation, witnessed the slaughter of the Holy Innocents, and looked…

Posted On 10 Jan 201519 May 2015

Jesus in the Lions’ Den: A Sermon for the Nativity of Our Lord

Our celebration of the Savior’s birth can become so routine that we become numb to the joy—and the horror— of it all. On…

Posted On 25 Dec 201419 May 2015

“Inviting Some and Keeping Back Others”: Who is Welcome to the Lord’s Table?

Christ established His Church on earth so that sinners might receive His gifts of Word and Sacrament. Put another way, the Church exists…

Posted On 16 Dec 201419 May 2015

Löhe on Koinonia, Novelty, and the “Modern” Pastor

A great deal of practical wisdom for the church today can be found in Wilhelm Löhe’s “Three Books about the Church.” In this…

Posted On 3 Oct 201419 May 2015

Meditation: Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual…

Posted On 30 Sep 201419 May 2015

Sacramental Entrepreneurship or Franchise Corruption?

The first Lutherans didn’t use the term “Lutheran” to describe themselves. They identified themselves by the much more apt term “evangelical.” After all, the…

Posted On 27 Sep 201419 May 2015

Satan’s Angelic Disguises

If you were to stop and consider the devil’s appearance for a moment, you might imagine something frightening.  He very well may show up in…

Posted On 17 Sep 201419 May 2015

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