Hymn for the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
This year, the 500th anniversary year of the Lutheran Reformation (1517), the commemoration of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (1530), June 25,…
Category: Steadfast with the Confessions
The Lutheran Confessions – Why Do We Still Bother?
We have Moses and the Prophets, isn’t that enough? If Holy Scripture is God’s infallible Word and the only source and norm of…
Tune in to Concord Matters, Tuesday, 2:00-3:00 Central (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
Join me Tuesday, April 5, 2:00-3:00 p.m. (Central), as I host “Concord Matters” on KFUO, AM 850 in St. Louis, and streaming online…
Adding links to the Book of Concord website
One of BJS’ goals is to encourage more laity to be familiar with and/or read the Book of Concord. One way we can…
Confessions Quiz Updated
The Confessions quiz has been updated with a new quiz handler. Click here to take the quiz This is an impressive handler and…
Concord Matters on KFUO: Recap and Preview (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
UPDATE, MONDAY, DEC. 16 . . . I just received this word from on high: The show that was snowed out on Saturday–with…
The weird and wacky history of Confirmation, part 3: When there was no Confirmation in northern Italy, north Africa and Spain
Another installationi of the Weird and Wacky History of Confirmation that was originally posted over on Pr. Surburg’s blog: In the previous…
Ad Fontes! Doctrine
When I was in the ELCA, as a pastor in Hudson County, NJ, our urban coalition of Lutheran parishes (Hudson Evangelical Lutheran Parish…
The 95 Theses – a Modern Paraphrase
I’ve attempted to read through the 95 theses several times, and never gotten past #20 without my eyes blurring and having to start…
Posting of the Ninety-Five Theses
I thought the following was good to re-post today; it’s from a year ago. The below is found on the Book of…
Book of Concord
One of our goals at Brothers of John the Steadfast is the encouragement for the laity of our church to be reading the…
Mark’s thoughts: The weird and wacky history of Confirmation, Part 2: When there was no Confirmation in Rome
Here is the second installment in my series on the history of Confirmation. It looks at the practice in Rome up to 800…
The weird and wacky history of Confirmation, Part 1: When there was no Confirmation – the western Church before Nicaea
Pastor Surburg has started a series looking at the history of Confirmation in the church; the first part was posted on is blog…
Some Quotes for Discussion of AC XIV
Here are some quotes when considering AC XIV: XIV Of Ecclesiastical Order they teach that no one should publicly teach in the Church…
Book of Concord Website — Confession – Confutation – Defense
One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to encourage laity in reading and studying the Book of Concord. The…
Posting of the Ninety-Five Theses
The below is found on the Book of Concord Website. The “Sources and Context” tab on the sidebar of the Book of Concord…
“A Lonely Monk, Now Long Ago” (Sermon and hymn for Reformation Day, on Psalm 119:46, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)
“A Lonely Monk, Now Long Ago” (Psalm 119:46) A Lonely Monk, Now Long Ago A lonely monk, now long ago, Nailed truth upon…
A Word — The Augsburg Confession
Greetings in Christ Jesus! Prior to 1530 the Western Church was simply known as the church catholic as there were no denominations prior…