Great Devotion by Rev. Dr. Scott Murray, One of our New VP’s
The Rev. Dr. Scott Murray of Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas, writes a daily devotion that we have highlighted on occasion. Today’s…
The Rev. Dr. Scott Murray of Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas, writes a daily devotion that we have highlighted on occasion. Today’s…
During the 1970s in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), the “liberal” faction referred to itself as the “moderates.” Richard John Neuhaus advised against…
Rev Fisk has once again generated an excellent video. This one shows a problem with Worship services in the LCMS and other churches…
These are interesting days in the LCMS during which we have tried to be the go to place for Lutheran news and commentary and you have…
I arrived in Houston this morning for a day of R + R with my college roommate and his family. It was supposed…
We’re nearing the end of our look at the 106 proposed resolutions from the eight floor committees, as found in “Today’s Business.” To…
A faithful BJS reader found this post on Pastor Peters’ Pastoral Meanderings blog and recommended it to us for posting here. This fits…
(Editor’s Note: Uwe Siemon-Netto directs the Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life in St. Louis. He wrote the following stunning commentary on…
This is the fourth and final post analyzing why President Kieschnick showed so poorly in nominations. Perhaps his greatest weakness is that President…
(This is the next post in our regular column “Spiritual Headship in the Church and Home” Pastor Hein’s articles on BJS can be…
“CONFESSING THE FAITH: IN LIGHT OF THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS” is the theme for “A Congress on the Lutheran Confessions,” sponsored by the Association…
The nomination numbers for the LCMS presidential election this summer portray the deep and wide appeal of Matt Harrison. His appeal is…
Discussions are almost always fun to follow over at the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau. That’s a site where folks of various Lutheran stripes…
Here are my thoughts regarding the seven words of Christ from the cross. Tomorrow I will share thoughts of Luther and the next…
“Confessing the Faith: In Light of the Lutheran Confessions” will be the theme for what looks to be an outstanding conference in Bloomington,…
In addition to announcing this series of meetings below, this is reminder about the Lutheran Calendar available on this site. Go to steadfastLutherans.org/cal…
I look forward to the day when we will have a few thousand in attendance at our annual rally but in the meantime,…
The January Reporter ran a very positive article about the Transforming Churches Network. I didn’t learn terribly much from the article and the…
“FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS” is the theme for the annual conference of the Lutheran Concerns Association (LCA), being held today in…
The Confessional Lutherans for Christ’s Commission (CLCC ) has produced a new seminar which is available to download files at www.theclcc.org . This…
One of our feature bloggers, Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, will be speaking at our upcoming BJS conference on February 12-13. Mollie has addressed regional…
What am I doing here? Now that’s a question I’ve been reflecting on these initial days of this new position! I’m sure…
Last week we announced that BJS has taken a significant step of faith to move the organization forward by creating an Associate Director’s…
The Brothers of John the Steadfast are pleased to announce the hiring of Suzanne Zobel from Clinton Township, Michigan to serve as the…
Here is the description of the Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support from the LCMS Handbook. Notice section 3.9.4.1. All thirteen members are…