St. Antony’s Cave

Here is my latest attempt to view the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in the best light possible.  It comes from the realm of photography, digital photography to be precise. 

 Have you noticed how common freaky pictures of celebrities are?  They are caught on camera with some of the most ghoulish looks imaginable.  Go to Drudgereport.com and see how he habitually captures Hillary Clinton with an unflattering expression.  Why is this? (more…)

Now that it looks as if there will be no special convention for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in 2009, I have a modest proposal. (more…)

Find out the principle of authority for a group and you’ve found out what is at the rock-bottom of their belief system. In truth, denominations tolerate a wide range of beliefs as long as what you believe doesn’t compromise their principle of authority. (more…)

The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a delightful G.K. Chesterton story about a man who for a joke gathers together leaders of various London neighborhoods and tells them they are to regard their neighborhoods as countries. All know it is joke, except for the chap from Notting Hill. He takes the man seriously and forms a country complete with flag, army, and do or die patriotism. The politico hardly knows what to do with him.

I’ve met the Napoleons of the latter days of Lutheranism. I met them on a flat, barren piece of land outside of a town of less than 400 people. (more…)

Once again the LCMS in convention reaffirmed the doctrine of closed Communion.  Oops.  I forgot the president of the LCMS has determined that there is no “doctrine” of closed Communion.  There is only the practice of closed Communion as opposed to the practice of open Communion.  This is utter nonsense and leads right to where the ELCA started from.  Let me show you how.

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