A Divine Vocation: Motherhood
I started writing this post about a month ago, and I stopped writing and almost forgot about it. But yesterday I read from…
I started writing this post about a month ago, and I stopped writing and almost forgot about it. But yesterday I read from…
“These are not floor plans but explorations of forms that distinguish relationship between congregation, presider, and the transcendent.” –Father Gilbert Sunghera Ahhhh, the…
“With all the crucial issues in the world like gay marriage and Obama all you preach about is Baptism and Communion.” This was…
During its annual convention in June 2012, the ELS resolved that “our members be alerted to this recent challenge” to the Biblical teaching…
(The Confessional Lutherans for Christ’s Commission is one of the many confessional groups that regularly posts on this website. Like BJS they seek…
Below are some videos of Professor John Pless teaching laity on the topic of women’s ordination. Prof. Pless is the co-editor with Pres….
Thanks to Issues Etc. and Table Talk Radio we are far more aware of “bumper sticker theology” than we used to be. Religious positions…
A recent edition of Rock Center with Brian Williams featured hilarious selections from the book, “P.S. I Hate It Here!: Kids’ Letters from…
I must admit that like most of America I watched every moment of the Women’s team and individual gymnastics. What these women are…
Text from Facebook: Join us in upholding in prayer Pastor Ian Pacey, Pastor Jay Winters and Pastor Marcus Zill, new campus ministry coordinators…
Good grief! I don’t know about the rest of the faithful readers of BJS, but if you have had your eye on any…
Found this (and had it sent to me by a friend) on the web the other day: “Spirit moves ‘church hoppers’”. The article…
On Tuesdays two retired pastors and I get together for a Bible study on the upcoming Sunday’s Gospel reading. In our past Tuesday’s…
ULC has now been holding its services at another site since their building was purchased by Doran companies. The MNS District in convention…
Typically I write for Brothers of John the Steadfast on apologetics, an area of special interest. However, in this article I take a brief…
Apologia and Diakonia. Two Biblical Greek words that seem to have nothing in common with each other. And yet, they have increasingly become…
In the 29 June, 2012 edition of The Week, the following editorial appears. Now The Week only has this one small text box…
One of the first district pastors’ conferences that I ever attended, and certainly one that I will always remember, was in the late…
On Sunday, June 17, the 95th annual convention of the ELS began in traditional fashion, with an afternoon Synod Sunday service, following the…
Note: This article was originally written in February, 2012 shortly after the PSW Board of Directors placed the ULC at UCLA on its sale list. Sadly, the…
Recently on my post about helping families in their devotional lives, Erich Heidenreich posted a link to an excellent presentation by Dr. Robert Preus
Here is the audio recording on “Marriage and Family”adapted for a seminary audience and discussing life in a parsonage [Dr. Preus and his wife are the speakers].
Wittenberg Academy, the world’s first online, classical Lutheran high school, has had a great response from our interview on Issues, Etc. One thing…
Dear Issues, Etc. listener, Pentecost greetings to you! The reformer Martin Luther had this to say about the Holy Spirit, God’s Word and music:…
In the season of Pentecost we meditate on the giving of the Holy Spirit, that is, the giving of the benefits of the…
It is important that I publicize an apology I recently made to the Synod’s Commission on Constitutional Matters for a comment I posted…