A Public Apology from Paul McCain
It is important that I publicize an apology I recently made to the Synod’s Commission on Constitutional Matters for a comment I posted…
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Wawa Theology
A dear colleague, friend and mentor, Rev. Arthur J. Henne is a ’57 graduate of The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (LTSP). He…
Boredom vs. Duty
Everyone gets bored. There isn’t a parent alive who has not been plagued by a bored child. Not a boring child, but a…
Steadfast Office — Theology, not Politics
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and…
Liturgical Boot Camp
When is the last time you saw the word “liturgical,” in the same sentence with “boot camp”? Initially they don’t seem to have…
Pastoral Authority: Teaching by means of supervising or supervising by means of teaching?
In Acts 20:28, Paul tells the elders in Ephesus, “Pay special attention to yourselves and of all the flock in which the Holy…
Is the Lectio Divina a Practice to Be Encouraged?
Recently, there has been some attention drawn to the advice of Dr. Bruce Hartung of Concordia Seminary to a reader’s comment as published…
Student Journal: Propter Christum
Besides my homework, I have been spending a lot of time editing our student journal at CLTS, St. Catharines. It is called…
Justification is always the issue… Preaching
I know we have kind of beaten the horse a bit with this issue, but I don’t ever get bored with this. Justification…
Why didn’t this business model come with Church Growth?
On my recent trip out east for the Brothers of John the Steadfast National Conference my family and I had the fine opportunity…
(Approved) Sermon on Luke 12:13-21
I thought since I haven’t gotten around all week to posting anything new, I would post this. It was approved by my advanced…
Mollie’s Post on Richochet.com – A Lutheran, A Jew, A Baptist and A Catholic Walk into a Hearing, by Pr. Rossow
The Harrison appearance in Washington is right up the vocational alley of BJS friend and blogger Mollie Ziegler Hemingway. She has written about…
The Reality of the Christian Experience
When we often hear many American Evangelicals go on and on about their experiences, it might make us not want to talk at…
C. F. W. Walther Festive Convocation: Watch Live!
This is going on RIGHT NOW, so it’s a bit late to announce it, but if someone has some free time or can…
Breyer nails the Missouri Synod position on the ministry: She’s sort of like a minister
Over at Gottesdienst we are on the cutting edge of sitting around on Wednesday afternoons while our wives are at Parents’ Day waiting…
Improvement to the Information Provided in District Financial Reports
IMPROVEMENT TO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN DISTRICT FINANCIAL REPORTS WHEREAS, we have begun to realize that we have not always empowered laity to…
Holy Week and Confession
The first of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses is “When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, “Repent” (Matthew 4:17), he willed the entire…
St. Louis Seminary’s “Out of the Box” workshop
Did anyone get a chance to attend the “Out of the Box” workshop held at Concordia Seminary a week ago in St. Louis?…
Is it Cooperation in Externals if Only One Side Views it as an External?
Recently I read an article at the Reporter Online about the continued discussions between the ELCA and LCMS regarding their “Cooperation in Externals”. …
Supper for Thirteen, Halos for Twelve
One of the big problems being tolerated in our Synod is a wide variety of practices in communion fellowship. Some examples are blatant…
Harrison requests public action on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
LCMS President Matthew Harrison has sent out an appeal asking pastors and other members of the LCMS to call members of Congress about…
NEWS – Possible New Lutheran Hour Speaker…
It came to my attention not long ago that The Lutheran Hour has extended a call to Rev. Dr. Dean Nadasdy, the Senior…
POLL: Which do you think is more harmful to your soul?
Contemporary Christian music has evoked a lot of comments lately on this site. This poll is related to that. [poll id=”4″] Option 5…
President Harrison on banjo
The installation service was beautiful and joyous and attended by many people. The crowd overflowed the chapel, in fact. Following the service, we…
How to continue support of World Relief and Human Care
In the comments to the previous post some folks wondered how they could make sure their contributions for relief efforts go to relief…