Survey says?
Concordia University – Wisconsin recently released some results from a survey it’s been working on for several years. The first installments include a…
Concordia University – Wisconsin recently released some results from a survey it’s been working on for several years. The first installments include a…
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s ace religion reporter Tim Townsend has a fascinating column on the sale of KFUO-FM. Headlined “Evangelism at the heart…
I have previously announced my agnosticism on the matter of whether KFUO-FM should have been sold or not. And I should mention that…
The reason I am not a missionary today is because I wanted to send LCMS missionaries overseas to preach the Gospel and plant…
Last week we published an alarming post that described how the North Wisconsin District published an article in their district newsletter promoting the…
(LCA just released the November issue of the Lutheran Clarion. We are pleased to post articles on the BJS website from one of…
Inasmuch as others have seen fit to comment on the Theses on Worship issued last month by the Council of Presidents, it occurred…
This Saturday, October 10, is the deadline for submitting nominations for the various officers, boards, and commissions to be elected at the convention…
Rev. Matt Harrision is leading a workshop in Baltimore, MD later this month on one of the fathers of American confessional Lutheranism, F….
Check out this interesting picture of the Council of LCMS Presidents (the District Presidents and the Synod President and Vice Presidents usually referred…
The St. Louis Post Dispatch is reporting that the LCMS sold KFUO for $18 million. See the details here. “Stay tuned” to BJS…
(Editor’s Note: The account that is being referenced is the ELCA press release we posted the other day. You can find it here.)…
Over the past few weeks we have been updating the Brothers of John the Steadfast website to a newer, fresher looking version. We…
The 2007 Houston convention of the LCMS adopted Resolution 3-05: “To Provide Further Discussion and Guidance on the Matter of Serial Prayer. The…
(The CLCC is one of the many confessional groups that regularly posts on this website. Their past posts are archived on the “Regular…
History Professor Dr. C. Matthew Phillips from Concordia, Seward is offering a $100 discount for BJS readers on his upcoming cultural tour of…
As I mentioned in the last post, I sent an e-mail to [email protected] to ask why Harrison was not at these meetings and…
Check out this press release from the ELCA yesterday. See if you notice anybody missing from the talks. More on that below. …
Our September Fund Drive has reached $3,093! $2,093 was designated by the donors for Issues, Etc. and $958 for BJS operations. Thank you…
Remember last year when David Strand fired Rev. Todd Wilken and Jeff Schwarz and canceled Issues, Etc.? He claimed he did it to…
Ablaze Partners Network is, according to its website, “a ministry of Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church, North Royalton Ohio, in close cooperation with the…
(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…