As one reads BJS lately, you may get the impression that this is an in-house LCMS production. We may not be posting as much lately, but there are non-LCMS contributors and readers, and we, too, will be having synodical conventions … Continue reading
The first annual (hopefully!) Intrepid Lutherans Conference was held on June 1st and 2nd at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The theme of the conference was “Church and Continuity,” obviously an expression of our theology and worldview that run … Continue reading
Troubled sinner: “I’ve done a terrible thing. God must hate me.” Well-meaning friend: “No, that isn’t true. God hates the sin, but loves the sinner.” That’s some pretty typical Lifetime TV counseling. “God hates the sin, but loves the sinner.” … Continue reading
So who wants to talk church fellowship? (Sure, leave it to the WELS pastor to open up this can o’ worms.) This will all seem terribly simplistic, I realize. And it is. But we might as well start somewhere. Back … Continue reading
I always appreciate the invitations to “journey to the cross this Holy Week,” or to have a “blessed journey to the empty tomb.” Those invitations come from every corner of the Christian world. But when Lutherans say such things, they … Continue reading
It was almost a year ago when the Brothers of John the Steadfast alerted their readers to some of the controversy surrounding the updated NIV translation of the Bible, published one year ago this month. The 1984 version, which has … Continue reading
I’ve been graciously asked to bring a little bit of WELS history and an occasional WELS perspective to the Steadfast readers. I’m quite sure most of my brothers in the WELS would agree that I’m not exactly your stereotypical (or … Continue reading