Surely someone has already pointed this out. Lutheranism 101 published in 2010 is the popularization of the positions taken in the 2004 synodical convention. It’s LCMS 2.0 Continue reading
Bachman Turner Overdrive was a 70’s band with hits such as “Let it Ride,” “Taking Care of Business,” “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.” To say or read these titles is to hear them all over again. But of that band I do not write. Of another Bachmann, I do. Continue reading
I’m rereading Herbert Schlossberg’s book Idols for Destruction. I first read it 25 years ago; I always planned on rereading it. What I’m struck by is how many American idols I have set up in my life that need destroying. One that by God’s grace I haven’t is this mantra “worship is adiaphora.” At this altar liturgical, contemporary, blended, praise, cutting edge and bleeding edge worshipers are all said to be able to kneel. I don’t think so. Continue reading
At last the world has given the Church a head start by openly admitting that their 45 year old Head Start program hasn’t worked. Continue reading
I had occasion to attend Divine Service as a lay person for the first time in almost 20 years. What follows is not all that I experienced but all that pained me. I know; I know; “you got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.” But as the first verse of that song goes I “feel a sermon coming on,” and by all means even though I’m preachin’ from the pew I will heed the advice of the rest of the song and won’t “mess with Mister In-Between.” Continue reading
I have been told the following Luther quote is unverifiable. Continue reading
I wrote the following in response to a member sending me The Response: a call to prayer for a nation in crisis by Governor Rick Perry. He said it should publish it, so I am. You can read about the Reponse here: http://theresponseusa.com/ Continue reading
As Jerry’s fellow comedian says, “That’s pure gold Jerry; pure gold I’m telling you” when Jerry tosses him a joke as a bone to his sycophantic friend. Well my friends I toss not a bone but the whole steak. First I whet your appetite with this appetizer from Johann Gerhard: “; [T]hus does God the Lord also often allows the members of Christ to experience such anguish, so that they think nothing other than that God has forsaken them and will no longer look upon them in grace. We find such examples of temptations especially in David and Job. And with such temptations God more often assails, not the ordinary Christian, but rather the greatest saints, who have increased more than others in the knowledge of God” (History of the Suffering, Gerhard, 275). Continue reading
I’ve said for years that a Christian can safely reject anything said to them by someone who denies the reality of the Real Presence. This dwarf now has the shoulders of giants to stand on. Continue reading
That was the title of a September 2009 article in National Geographic. The most remarkable thing I found in this article was that they considered a 150 pound man to be the average. That’s probably the average 5th grader. Continue reading
