Montana District President Terry Forke Replies to Pastor Preus BJS Article on Worship Theses
Editor’s Note: Pastor Klemet Preus posted “A Modest Suggestion to the DPs regarding their Theses on Worship” last month, and the author of…
Editor’s Note: Pastor Klemet Preus posted “A Modest Suggestion to the DPs regarding their Theses on Worship” last month, and the author of…
The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) President Mark Schroeder delivered a wonderful address to their convention last summer. He seamlessly interwove doctrine and…
“Johannes” is a retired layman who serves district and synodical organizations. He has also served as a delegate to district and synodical conventions,…
“Johannes” is a retired layman who serves district and synodical organizations. He has also served as a delegate to district and synodical conventions,…
Yesterday I posted a critique of the Blue Ribbon Task Force’s misuse of Walther’s 1872 sermon on pure doctrine for the saving of…
(Editor’s Note: for an introduction to this essay and for Part I click here. For Part II click here and for Part III…
(Damion Giunta is an LCMS member in the suburbs northwest of Los Angeles. He is hoping to start a chapter of the Brothers…
(This is the description for the All Saints’ Day Celebration at Bethany Lutheran – Naperville, Illinois that was printed in the bulletin this…
Review: “Reconnect with Synod’s Noble Past” …
Below is a comment that came in regarding the WCA article on the BJS site that we felt was worthy of posting on…
(Editor’s Note: for an introduction to this essay and for Part I click here. For Part II click here and for Part III…
The author has retracted this post.
Recent decisions by various church bodies to allow homosexual clergy are threatening the arrangement of denominational lines of demarcation in the Christian church….
A group of conservative/confessional folks have been thinking about the recent KFUO situation and have crafted a motion that makes lemons out of…
We have concluded our annual fund drive for Issues, Etc. and will be announcing the totals soon. As always, we encourage folks to…
Rev. Matt Harrison’s long awaited book of essays by previous LCMS presidents is now available for purchase. (Click here to order.) We featured…
The reason I am not a missionary today is because I wanted to send LCMS missionaries overseas to preach the Gospel and plant…
Rev. Matt Harrision is leading a workshop in Baltimore, MD later this month on one of the fathers of American confessional Lutheranism, F….
(Editor’s Note: The account that is being referenced is the ELCA press release we posted the other day. You can find it here.)…
History Professor Dr. C. Matthew Phillips from Concordia, Seward is offering a $100 discount for BJS readers on his upcoming cultural tour of…
Check out this press release from the ELCA yesterday. See if you notice anybody missing from the talks. More on that below. …
(We thank reader Jim Claybourn for passing this on to us.) Why should fantasy leagues be limited to baseball and football. Now you…
“What does this mean?” This question is as old as the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Now in her 6th Century of existence, every one…
(Editor’s Note: We thank Holger Sonntag for forwarding this to us.) This is the statement of the General Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran…
The Council of Presidents has just published a series of theses on worship under the signature of President Kieschnick. The optimist in me…