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Well, who knows what is going on? The Bethlehem, Renton site is back up again. We will keep an eye on it and also let you know about any communication we have with synodical officials on this matter. We also … Continue reading
Thanks to all of you who have taken the Book of Concord Quiz that we recently published! It’s nice to know that 138 of you have already taken it! If you haven’t taken it yet, be sure to try out … Continue reading
This is a followup to our previous post on this topic. Yesterday afternoon I started to dial the phone number of the Northwest district in order to check in with President Schumacher to see if there was any action being … Continue reading
This is a quick announcement of a new posting on a previous article, so people can go look. I will remove this posting within 24 hours. A quick note — I know when I read the lastest Steadfast Lutherans of … Continue reading
(This is part three of a five part series on the Emergent Church.) In Part 2 of our series, we discovered how beliefs in the Emerging Church are often created through a triad of community, experience, and Scripture, as … Continue reading
We discussed a few weeks ago the sudden departure of LCMS World Mission executive director Rev. Robert Roegner. His interim replacement is the Rev. Tom Zehnder. Today, Synod, Inc. sent around a call for nominations for the executive director position. … Continue reading
My church has $8000 burning a hole in its pocket and you can help us spend it. I get frustrated with opportunities to support mission organizations, churches or synods only to learn that 20%, 30% or even 50% of my … Continue reading
“The Men of Faith” is the newest Brothers of John the Steadfast chapter and it is in Plano, Texas. Their pastoral advisers are Rev. James Woelmer and Rev. Jacob Sutton at Faith Lutheran Church in Plano and their lay chapter … Continue reading
(This post is part of the regular series “The LCMS in Her Own Words” and is archived on our Regular Columns page.) In this column we look at material that comes right out of LCMS sources and then critique … Continue reading
For those of you who have said that you want to start the Online Reading Group when we start at the beginning of the Book of Concord — make note that it’s coming up soon! Be sure to start reading … Continue reading
(One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to train the Brothers in good practice and theology. This article is one in a series that teaches about the liturgy. … Continue reading
There’s a good book on church architecture with that title and it is woefully adequate for describing way too many houses of worship in this country. And while I’m not sure if the current decade is a low for church … Continue reading
Registrations for the Brothers of John the Steadfast National Conference are already coming in. We have people registered from as close as Naperville and central Illinois, and as far away as Florida and the state of Washington. If they can … Continue reading
(Editor’s Note: This is a comment on Pastor Otten’s article yesterday on the Walther League in Canada. Regularly there are comments on this site that deserve a wider audience. I wish I could post them all. This one caught my … Continue reading
(A few weeks ago we heralded the first international BJS chapter. It is up in Ontario, Canada. Pastor Otten in his regular column takes us north of the border again for another Steadfast Lesson from the Past. Be sure to … Continue reading
A few weeks ago when I attended the Walther Conference I stopped by the Issues Etc. Studio to see the new digs and to get a sense of the place from which the incredibly rich theology and spot on cultural … Continue reading
(Editor’s Note: The posts and comments on this site often include jargon and terms that are not understood by all of our readers. In an effort to explain one of those terms Scott Diekmann has written a 5 part series … Continue reading
(Pr. Niehus is one of our regular columnists. His column is titled “Church News Watch and Commentary.” His beat is the Chicago area, the Northern Illinois District and the church at large. His posts can be found on the Regular … Continue reading
(Editor’s Note: In the last few days we have emphasized the gay agenda in the LCMS, and there is more to come on this, but remembering that BJS is more about building up the church than it is critiquing the … Continue reading
President Kieschnick has spent a lot of time and energy in the last few months fighting against the passage of gay marriage initiatives around the country. Even though we wish that he would spend more time fighting within the synod … Continue reading
As a part of my visit to the Northwest last week I was alerted to an alarming situation in our sister LCMS congregation, Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Renton, Washington. The Music Director is involved in the sinful homosexual and lesbian … Continue reading
(One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to train the Brothers in good practice and theology. This article is one in a series that teaches about the liturgy. … Continue reading
Two items of note: Book of Concord Quiz Updated! We have published a new quiz on the site! I know you have been waiting for it since we opened; but we finally came through! Thanks to Pastor Stephen Schumacher of … Continue reading
One of the goals of the Brothers of John the Steadfast is the creation of reading groups whose intention is to get with a Pastor and read through the Book of Concord. For those people who do not have access … Continue reading
As we predicted would happen, Kari Jobe was more than an organist at the Texas LCMS Youth Gathering last week. She gave commentary in between her songs as is typical of musicians leading “contemporary” worship. She is a pentecostal, woman … Continue reading